Rhonda Lee Richardson, 36

Rhonda Lee Richardson

January 22, 1978 - October 8, 2014

At the young age of 36, Rhonda died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism at her home in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She was born to Ronald Richardson and Jeanne Dunn in Indio, California. She was raised in California, Kansas, and Idaho. Rhonda attended Pleasanton High School in Kansas, Lake City High School and North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene Idaho.

Rhonda loved small things; she loved her birds and her fish and her doggie, Teba. She loved her nieces and nephews very much. She loved fairy tales and shiny things and all the colors of the rainbow. Rhonda adored trinkets and treasures. Rhonda was a writer. She journalized her life in words and poems. She was generous and it pleased her more to give a gift than to receive. Rhonda was bright and clever and witty. Her sense of humor and timing, a joy! Rhonda loved books and reading was a gift she gave herself. Rhonda enjoyed music and was a musician; she played her flute and her guitar for her own pleasure.

Rhonda loved her family and her family loved her. Rhonda was preceded in death by her brother, Jonas Aaron Richardson and her Auntie, Patsy (Dunn) Rice. Rhonda's surviving family members are many. Her father, Richard Harrison and her mother, Jeanne (Dunn) Harrison. Her brother, Jeremy Dunn and his wife, Kimberly and their children, Ariel Dunn, Makaila Hutchinson, Zaidee and Zoey Dunn. Her brother, Joshua Harrison and her brother, Jess Richardson and his wife, Caitlyn and their sons, Zachary Cox, Kenneth and Austin Henneman. Her sister, Jessica (Harrison) Dunn and her children, Lucas Sutton, and Cynthia (Michael) Tucker. Her sister and her 'Person' Lauren (Carson) Lederman, and her husband, Michael and their children, Cayden and Aurora Lederman. Rhonda leaves behind her last remaining grandparent, Rena Dunn of Lawrence, Kansas and her Kansas City uncles, Jimmy Dunn and David Dunn and David's wife, Brenda and many Kansas cousins. In California, her surviving cousins, Lori (Rice) Shepherd, Chucky Rice and Jennifer Rice. In Washington, a much loved cousin, Crystal Carlson. At home in Idaho, She leaves behind her aunts and uncles, Mary Riley, Harold Dunn, Al and Tatiana Harrison, Theron Harrison, Elizabeth and Scott Thurgood and many cousins.

Rhonda will be greatly missed by so many.

A memorial service to celebrate Rhonda's life will be held at 6 p.m., Friday October 24, 2014 at Yates Funeral Home - Coeur d'Alene Chapel - 774 N. 4th Street, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814. All are welcome, please come as you are. Please visit Rhonda's online memorial and sign her guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.