Clara (Gochenour) Richman
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Title
Clara (Gochenour) Richman
Subject
Richman, Clara Irene Gochenour (1900-1995)
Description
Photograph of Clara I. (Gochenour) Richman as a young woman.
Clara was the daughter of Calvin (1869-1940) and Alice Bell (Windle) (1874-1954) Gochenour. She grew up in a farming family with at least a dozen siblings.
Clara married Stanley Alden Richman (1901-1976) in Toms Brook in October 1923.
Stanley was a farmer and the son of Isaac Milton and Mary Catherine (Sager) Richman, from West Virginia.
The 1930 census found the family living on Back Road near St. Luke. Clara and Stanley raised at least three children over the next several decades. They were Alden G., Blanche M., and Margetta.
Stanley died as the result of an accident when he was in his seventies. His pants caught fire while he was burning tree stumps at his home in Strasburg. Second and third-degree burns affected 47% of his body and led to septicemia and pneumonia. He did not recover.
Clara lived a long life. Her last residence was on Junction Road in Strasburg before moving to the Lantzers Home for Adults in Middletown, where she died.
Clara was the daughter of Calvin (1869-1940) and Alice Bell (Windle) (1874-1954) Gochenour. She grew up in a farming family with at least a dozen siblings.
Clara married Stanley Alden Richman (1901-1976) in Toms Brook in October 1923.
Stanley was a farmer and the son of Isaac Milton and Mary Catherine (Sager) Richman, from West Virginia.
The 1930 census found the family living on Back Road near St. Luke. Clara and Stanley raised at least three children over the next several decades. They were Alden G., Blanche M., and Margetta.
Stanley died as the result of an accident when he was in his seventies. His pants caught fire while he was burning tree stumps at his home in Strasburg. Second and third-degree burns affected 47% of his body and led to septicemia and pneumonia. He did not recover.
Clara lived a long life. Her last residence was on Junction Road in Strasburg before moving to the Lantzers Home for Adults in Middletown, where she died.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified on an undated ID form by Landon R. Walker, nephew of subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Clara (Gochenour) Richman appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 000556 and 006216.
Identifier
000556
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Clara (Gochenour) Richman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22800.
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