The FUNERAL SERVICE for Nadine will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri.

The MINISTER officiating at the service will be Larry Hartman.

VISITATION will precede the service from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home.

INTERMENT will be in the Appleton City Cemetery, Appleton City, Missouri.

The family suggests any MEMORIAL donations be given to the American Diabetes Association, and may be left at the funeral home.

Ora Nadine (Hartman) Richards, age 83, was born December 14, 1936, the daughter of Raymond and Ruby (McDaniels) Hartman.  She passed away peacefully on January 13, 2020 at Appleton City Manor in Appleton City, Missouri.

She spent her youth in the Mulberry, Kansas area.  During this time, she met and married Everett Eugene Richards and they wed in August of 1954.  To this union three children were born: Mary, Edward, and William.  After Everett's death Nadine completed a GED and later graduated from Southwest Baptist University, earning a bachelor's degree in home economics.  She then worked for many years as a food service manager at several colleges and nursing homes.

Her life was dedicated to caring for her family and those she loved, which included being a mom to many children that were not her own.  Nadine always had an open home, where she welcomed everyone.  She especially loved watching Chief's games and fishing.  One of her favorite hobbies was crocheting.  She will be deeply missed by her many family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband Everett; her parents, Raymond and Ruby (McDaniels) Hartman; two sisters, Myrtle Dohle and Wauneta Dohle; two brothers, Jack Hartman and Don Hartman; a special companion, Kelly Rice; and two grandchildren, Charles Eugene and Daniel Adams Brownsberger.

Nadine is survived by her three children: Mary Brownsberger, Butch Richards, and Bill Richards and wife Joanna; five grandchildren: J.R. (Alisha) Brownsberger, Tracy (Geoff) Kelly, Dylan Richards, Adam (Ashley) Richards and Dianna Srinath; 12 great-grandchildren; six brothers: Bob, Bill,  Jim, Art, Ray and Larry Hartman; and she raised Kelly's three children: Charlie, Roger, and Ila Rice; Nadine is also survived by many extended family and good friends.