Jeannine Sorriaux Richards passed away at home January 14th ,2010.
She was born April 6, 1920 in Macon, France only child of Cesar Clovis (Charles) Sorriaux and Jeanne Vincent-Viry. Charles was a veterinarian for his regiment. They followed him to his posts in Mainz, Germany 3 yrs and Meknes, Morocco 2 yrs. There she attended a private school for officers’ children. Her mother had taught her to read and write by age 4 and studied out of small geography and other textbooks.
The family returned to Nice, France for 3 yrs then to Toulouse, France for 6 yrs. Her fond memories are her 9 years of Girl Scouting and skiing in the Pyrenees. They returned to Nice to live from 1936-1951. She received her 2 Baccalaureates there, one in Law and one in English. The summer of 1939 she attended Alexandra Park College in Hastings England. As WW11 broke out she returned on one of the last passenger ships across the channel. Her father, Charles was called back into service as the army veterinarian in the French Alps where he retired a Colonel. Next followed the occupation years and the landing of the liberation forces.
In 1950, the Mormon missionaries came to their door. She was baptized the 30th of September in the sea. Jeannine was called as a missionary from Jan-Sept 1951. She received a scholarship to Brigham Young University graduating in 1953 with a BA.
She was secretary to the head of the Language Dept and taught French.
On October 12, 1952 she met Harold Richards, a returned French missionary and they were married April 9, 1953 in the Salt Lake Temple. Their only child, Jacqueline was born March 14, 1954.
The family then settled on a ranch in King Hill, Idaho. She worked at the Mountain Home Air Force Base as a secretary. Oct 1960-65 was in Kabul Afghanistan teaching English FT in 2 Afghan High Schools and mastering some Farsi then secretary at the Kabul University where Harold served as an agricultural advisor to the US State Dept. Return to the ranch 1965-68. Served a mission with Harold, Jacqueline and mother Jeanne from 1968-70 in New Caledonia, a French Territory.
Upon return built a home in Woodland Hills UT where Hal passed away in 1985 and Jeanne in 1986. In 1992 Jeannine came to Snohomish WA to live with her daughter Jacqueline and her husband Nathan and 7 children until she passed away.
She served faithfully in many callings in the church including genealogy extraction from 1980-85 match merging 18,044 cards. Her 7 years of Latin served her well!
She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Broadbent, 7 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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Snohomish, WA Service
Snohomish LDS Dutch Hill Chapel
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
12:30 PM Viewing
1:00 PM Service
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Salem UT Service
Salem LDS Stake Center
Friday, January 22, 2010
470 E. Salem Canal Rd
Salem, UT 84653
10:30 AM Viewing
11:00 AM Service
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Interment
Salem City Cemetery