Emma M. Goos

Born: January 2, 1853 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Died: October 9, 1926 in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Buried: October 10, 1926 in Goos Cemetery, Lake Charles, Louisiana  (Map 2)
Father: Captain Daniel Johannes Goos
Mother: Katarina Barbara Moeling
Husband: Edward Wilson Richards
Married: December 30, 1869 in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Children: Charles Henry Richards
Edward Elias Richards, Sr.
Georgiana Richards
Guy Leonard Richards
Relief Sterling Richards

MRS. RICHARDS DEAD
Resident of Calcasieu and Lake Charles 65 Years Passed Away

        Mrs. Emma M. Richards, resident of Lake Charles and Calcasieu parish for the last 65 years died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maurice Rosenthal, in South Ryan Street. She had been ill for some time.
        Mrs. Richards was 73 years of age. She was the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Daniel Goos and was born on January 2, 1853 at Ocean Springs, Miss. She came to Lake Charles when 8 years of age.
        In 1869 she was married to Capt. Edwin E. Richards. She is survived by four children, E. E. Richards, Chas. H. Richards, Mrs. Georgiana Jessen and Mrs. Maurice Rosenthal.
        Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the residence of Maurice Rosenthal. Services will be conducted by Rev. R. H. Wynn, pastor of the Broad Street Methodist church. Burial will be in the Goos cemetery in Goosport.

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