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Aunno Arnetta Sterner Richards

2 Jul 1909 – 22 May 1997

Birth	2 Jul 1909
Death	22 May 1997
Cemetery	Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier , Los Angeles County , California , USA
Added by	Louis du Mort on 31 Aug 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25540928

Bio

Aunno was a daughter of Samuel Otto Sterner & Clara Lillie Knudsen. Her father Samuel Sterner, our Great-Granddad, died in a drowning accident in 1966. Her sweet mother, our Great-Grandmother Clara Lillie, succumbed to gallbladder cancer in Feb 1939. Aunno & Wylie Franklin Richards (1904-1990) eloped on May 27, 1928 in Decatur County, Kansas. They had three children. Donna Jean (Robinson) (1929 - 2015), Gerald William, Richard Wylie (1939-1983). They relocated first to Temple City, CA and then to El Monte, CA in 1940 +/-. Wylie (aka "Grampy") added a huge family room/living space onto the back of their small house. This would come to be the family gathering spot for decades throughout the years. With it's St. Augustine grass in the front-yard that made walking on it nearly impossible, to the softer lawn in the back where games of Bocci Ball, homemade ice-cream, and sounds of 10 granddaughters could be heard screaming and having fun. There was the infamous lemon tree in that backyard.. Grampy tried everything to kill it, including burning the thing down. Much to everyone's surprise it rose from the ashes and went on to produce wonderful lemons for generations to come. Their love of travel cannot be ignored. They had a travel trailer and took dozens of trips with Aunno's brother/wife (Orval & Eva) and Aunno's sister/husband (Merle & Kenneth). They would often meet up with members of Wylie's family who were also avid travelers and boaters. One trip I remember well was to Cottonwood Cove in Nevada. Uncle Bob Richards brought his boat and we got to go out fishing on it. I was no more than 10, and my sister 8. It was a wonderful weekend getaway. After Wylie's death in 1990, Aunno went to live with daughter Donna in Altadena, CA and then to an assisted living building where she would live out her remaining few years.

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Family

Parents

• Samuel Otto Sterner 1883–1966
• Clara Lillie Knudsen Sterner 1887–1939

Spouse

• Wylie Franklin Richards 1904–1990

Siblings

• Merle Lillian Sterner Hutchison 1905–2010
• WO Orval Chester Sterner 1907–1995

Children

• Donna Jean Richards Robinson 1929–2015 FaG
• Richard Wylie "Dick" Richards 1939–1983 FaG

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