John ""Jack"" E. Richmond

John (Jack) Edward Richmond of Arvada, Colorado, passed away on November 16, 2014 at the age of 88. He was born in Akron, OH on November 3, 1926, the only son of Charles S. and Rhea (Bryan) Richmond. After graduating from West High School in Akron in Jan. 1945, he joined the military service in the United States Army, where he was trained in Intelligence and Reconnaissance. Stationed at Ft. Hase, Oahu as a replacement scout, he guarded prisoners of war from Italy and Japan. At the conclusion of the war in the Pacific arena, Jack was discharged after his two years of service. Jack attended Ashland College and graduated from Meat Cutting School in Toledo, Ohio. For eleven years he worked with his father at the Richmond & Son Grocery in Hayesville, OH. Having been a Boy Scout in his youth and volunteer adult Scoutmaster of the Hayesville troop, Jack then became employed as a professional with the Boy Scouts of America, serving councils in four states for almost 30 years. In total, he was involved in BSA for a remarkable 63 years. Jack retired in 1987 as National Director of Scouting for the Handicapped and Education Relationships. In addition to his deep love and pride in his family and pleasure in traveling after retiring, Jack thoroughly enjoyed his lifetime hobby of singing with Barbershop Choruses and Quartets in five states. In Texas, his Friends in Harmony quartet was inducted into the Southwestern District Hall of Fame in 1996. He was a member of the America the Beautiful Chorus in Colorado Springs where he concluded his 34 year participation with the Barbershop Harmony Society. Jack was a fifty-year plus member of Masonic Lodge #151 in Ashland, OH and a former member of the Hayesville, OH Lions Club. He was proud to be a descendant of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers and was a member of the Mayflower Society. He was a member of the Springs Community Church (RCA) in Colorado Springs, where many close friendships were made to join all the treasured friends in the five states in which he and Eleanor resided. Jack is survived by his loving wife, Eleanor (Patterson), whom he married on Nov. 30, 1947 in the Hayesville Methodist Church. Residing in Hayesville for several years, they were blessed with three sons and one daughter: Douglas (Katie) of Fredericksburg, VA, John (Karen) of St. Albans, WV, Daniel (Laurey) of Frederick, MD and Elaine (Robert) Campbell of Littleton, CO. All survive in addition to eleven grandchildren, two great-grandsons, sister Marian Burr of Ashland, and many special nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters: Lillian Hout, Lois Richmond, JoAnn Bartley, and grandson Joseph Campbell. Graveside services will be held in late spring at Hayesville-Vermillion Cemetery, Ashland County, OH.