Paul Richards

Paul Richards, 79 of Primrose, NE passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2023, at his home.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Levander Funeral Home in Albion, NE with Pastor Jeff Schipper officiating.  Burial will follow at Dublin Cemetery, Primrose, NE with Military Rites conducted by American Legion Post #162 and VFW Post #736, the American Legion Riders, and the Navy Funeral Honor Guard. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

There will be a lunch following the burial at the Primrose Fire Department, Primrose, NE. The family asks that you wear casual clothes to the services.

Memorials are suggested to the Primrose Volunteer Fire Department, Primrose, NE.

Levander Funeral Home of Albion, NE is in charge of arrangements.

Sherman Paul Richards, son of Cecil Oma Richards and Mary Gertrude (Ziegler) Bader was born on December 26, 1943 at Albion, NE. He attended school at Albion Public School.  Paul served in the United States Navy.

Paul worked all over the country in construction and iron including working in Page, AZ at the Glenn Canyon Dam, Rocky Mountain Prestress, and a nuclear power plant in PA; and then came back to Albion and worked at Boone County Concrete until he retired.

On December 17, 1982, he was united in marriage to Teri (Davis) Nolan in Grand Island, NE.  With this marriage Paul gained two daughters and eventually two grandsons. He was a full-time Papa!  Paul enjoyed going to his daughter's sporting events when they were younger, and picked that up again with his grandsons.  He also loved to gamble, racing, being outdoors and spending as much time as he could with his grandsons.  Paul loved to tell stories and never met a stranger. Paul served on the rural fire board in Primrose for several years.

Paul is survived by daughters: Micki (fiancé Bob Carlin) Nolan and Jaime Ray; grandsons Tristan Nolan-Ray and Justin Ray all of Primrose, NE; sister Carol Greek of Los Angeles, CA; brothers: John Richards of Columbus, NE; William Richards of Norfolk, NE: mother-in-law Maggie Nelson of Boones Mill, VA; sister-in-law Pam (Keith) Hulquist of Rocky Mount, VA; along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Teri; infant brother Delbert; brothers and sister: Robert Richards, Charles Richard, Henry "Jake" Richards, Mary Jo Miller, Albert Bader, Jr., and parents-in-law Bill and Enid Davis.

On Tuesday, February 28 his brother Fred Bader joined him in heaven.