Remembrance of the Life of Ann Wall Richards CoL

Loretto Co-member Ann Wall Richards died Dec. 21, 2024. Ann was a longtime friend of Loretto who was in her seventh year of co-membership.

Below is her obituary, courtesy of Stork-Morley Funerals and Cremations of Lakewood, Colo.:

Ann Wall Richards died at the Sunrise Cherry Creek Senior Living Center in Denver at the age of 90. Born in the Philadelphia area, she grew up in Pennsylvania’s West Chester County. She was the daughter of Joseph Wall and Kate Curling Wall. Ann graduated from Manhattanville College, later earning two master’s degrees in English and special education.

She taught English for many years a Metropolitan State University of Denver. As a member of the Colorado Mountain Club, she camped and hiked extensively in the Rockies. A devoted Catholic, she was a lay member of the Sisters of Loretto. Among her many volunteer activities, she served as a 12-step sponsor to countless people seeking freedom from alcohol.

She was married to George J. Miller Esq. from 1958-1983 and to Marlow Richards for six years in the 1990s. She was the mother of Kate, Paul, Meg and Jonathan Miller, grandmother to Blakeley and Sean Derrick, Lowell West, Finnegan Miller and Chelsea Ellison, and great grandmother to Mark Jr., Jack and Patrick Ellison.

A memorial service will take place at 1 p.m. MT Feb. 22 at the Gardens of St. Elizabeth Retirement Home, where she spent her final years. An internment ceremony will take place at a later date in Philadelphia.

Please keep Ann and her family in your prayers. May she rest in peace.