Pauline O'Connor Obituary

Pauline J. Richards O'Connor

Apr 17, 1927 - Apr 5, 2024

Florida

Pauline J. Richards O'Connor, 96, passed on to the arms of The Lord on Friday, April 5, 2024, with her daughter, Ellen Wiles, and son, Roger Doerfler, at her side.

Pauline was born April 17, 1927, in Willard, the daughter of Virgil A. Richards and Marie (Miller) Richards. Polly married George O'Connor of Hampton, Long Island, New York, on March 2, 1994, and he preceded her in death Nov. 13, 2008.

Growing up in Willard and graduating from St. Paul High School in Norwalk in 1945, she was known by all her friends as Polly. Polly always spoke fondly of her youth growing up in Willard and Norwalk. She was always known for her welcoming and friendly attitude and positive outlook on life.

For several years in later life, she and her daughter, Ellen, would spend their summers in a trailer park in Huron where she would share happy times with her brother, Donald, and dear sister in-law, Jean Richards of Huron. After raising her family in Columbus, Polly moved to Sarasota, Florida in 1980.

Polly leaves behind her stepchildren, Barbara O'Connor, George O'Connor Jr., Mike O'Connor, and Jean LaVita; granddaughters, Heather Dudick, Sonya Lawman, and Kimberly Doerfler; grandsons, Roger, Tim, and Nathan Doerfler; great-grandchildren, Sage Dudick, Kyle Doerfler, Miquelle Hartman, and Ethan Seifert; many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews in the Richards and Bertram lineage; and cousins, Connie, Susan, and Sally Richards. She will be greatly missed by long-time family and friends.

She was also preceded in death by her son, John V. Doerfler; sister, Helen Richards Bertram; and brothers, John, Donald, and Roger Richards.

A graveside celebration of life will take place this summer on a date to be announced later.

The family would like to thank Walker-Eastman-Heydinger Funeral Home and Franklin Monument Co.