• Born: 29 March 1916, Newark, Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Illinois, USA ^{1 3}
• Marriage (1): Charles Norman BRONSON on 6 September 1932 in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA ^{1 2}
• Marriage (2): John H. "Ted" BURCHAM in 1975 ^{1 2}
• Died: 13 June 2007, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA at age 91 ^{1 3}
• Buried: 16 June 2007, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA ¹

   Other names for Ruth were Ruth Richmond BRONSON,¹ Ruth M. BURCHAM, Ruth Richmond Bronson BURCHAM ¹ and Ruth RICHMOND.

  General Notes

Obituary from The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana
(Posted: Friday, Jun 15, 2007 - 12:17:58 am MDT)

Ruth Richmond Bronson Burcham, 91

Longtime Eureka resident and business woman Ruth Richmond Bronson Burcham, 91, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at Heritage Place in Kalispell. Born at Newark, Ill., to Lyle Richmond and Pearl (Green) Richmond on March 29, 1916, she came to Montana with her family in the late 1920s where they settled at Olney.
Ruth married Norman Bronson, also of Olney, in 1932; they were married until his death in 1971. The couple had three children, Eleanor, Charles and Fred. The family moved to Eureka in the late 1930s where Ruth had been a longtime employee of the Eureka Mercantile and later owned and operated Eureka Floral from 1974 until retiring in 1980.

Ruth married John "Ted" Burcham in 1975 and they moved to the Kalispell area in 1996.

Ruth enjoyed drawing, painting, gardening and crocheting and was an excellent cook. She was a devoted mother and grandmother to 10 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Norman Bronson and Ted Burcham; daughter, Eleanor Bronson; and son, Charles Bronson; sister, Vivian Perry; and brothers, Everett and Wayne Richmond.

Survivors include her son, Fred Bronson; brother, Randall Richmond; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; as well as nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tobacco Valley Cemetery in Eureka with the Rev. Pattiann Bennett officiating. Friends may call at Nelson & Vial Funeral Home in Eureka from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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  Death Notes

Heritage Place

  Burial Notes

Tobacco Valley Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• Moved: from Olney, MT to Eureka in the late 1930s, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA. ¹

• She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census in February 1920 in Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Illinois, USA.

• Moved: from Illinois to Montana, 1927, Olney, Flathead County, Montana, USA. ¹

• She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 24 April 1930 in Olney Precinct, Whitefish Township, Flathead County, Montana, USA.

• Moved: from Eureka, MT to the Kalispell area, 1996, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA. ¹

Ruth married Charles Norman BRONSON on 6 September 1932 in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA.^{1 2} (Charles Norman BRONSON was born on 20 July 1913 in Coburg, Blaine County, Montana, USA,¹ died on 7 March 1971 in Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA ^{1 4} and was buried on 11 March 1971 in Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA ¹.)

  Marriage Notes

Notice of the marriage license was posted in the 06 Sep 1932 edition of The Daily Inter Lake newspaper from Kalispell, Montana; the marriage was reported in the Wednesday 07 Sep 1932 edition of The Daily Inter Lake newspaper from Kalispell, Montana.

"Marriage licenses have been issued to... Charles M. Bronson and Ruth Marie Richmond, both of Olney."

"Richmond-Bronson
Charles M. Bronson and Ruth Marie Richmond, both young people of Olney, were united in marriage yesterday morning at the city hall by Judge Eugene McCarthy.
Immediately after the ceremony they returned to Olney, where they expect to make their home." ²

Ruth next married John H. "Ted" BURCHAM in 1975.^{1 2} (John H. "Ted" BURCHAM was born about 1906 in prob Montana, USA and died before 2007 in prob Montana, USA ¹.)

  Marriage Notes

marriage license reported in the 30 Sept 1975 edition of The Daily Inter Lake newspaper from Kalispell, Montana ²