Idona Belle (Brown) Richins

Idona Belle (Brown) passed away May 17. 2021 at the Residency Care Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. A private graveside service was held at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering on May 22, 2021 with Bishop Brent Rawlings officiating. Gering Memorial Chapel was in charge of funeral arrangements.

The second of eight children, Idona was born September 11, 1925 in Lodgepole, Nebraska to Curtis and Alice (Quinn) Brown. She grew up in Lodgepole and graduated from Lodgepole High School. In 1943.

After graduation she traveled to California to see her older sister, secured a job and decided to live in Californi...