Bruce David Richards

7 Nov 1945 – 20 Sep 1954

3rd- Great-Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
2nd-Great-Grandson of Jean Cardon and Anna Regula Furrer
Great-Grandson of John David Cardon and Elizabeth Neeser
Grandson of Walter Arnold Cardon and Annie “Mable” Moore
Son of Marian Fay Cardon and Leander Randall Richards


Youth’s Rites Held

Journal Special

GALLUP – Funeral services for Bruce Richards, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Richards of San Rafael, who died Monday at St. Mary’s hospital here from injuries suffered when he slipped and fell into the path of a school bus at Grants, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Latter Day Saints Church in Gallup. Burial was in Hillcrest cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Rollie Mortuary. The boy was the first child in the state to die in an accident involving a school bus sice 1946.

-Published in the Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM, Thursday, September 23, 1954, page 18


In 1996, he was moved to the Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico

Grave Marker for Bruce David Richards