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Governor Orders Half-Staff Flags in Honor of Algona Native

By on November 30, 2012

(AP)  GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD HAS ORDERED FLAGS UNDER STATE CONTROL TO BE LOWERED IN HONOR OF AN IOWA NATIVE WHO WAS KILLED ON PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF FROM 5 P.M. TODAY TO 8 A.M. MONDAY FOR ARMY SERGEANT JOSEPH RICHARDSON, WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 16TH.  RICHARDSON SPENT MOST OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN ALGONA AND MOVED TO BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS AFTER THE NINTH GRADE.

RICHARDSON’S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 10:30 A.M. SATURDAY AT ST. CECILIA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGONA.  HE’S  SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ASHLEY RICHARDSON, AS WELL AS HIS PARENTS, TWO SISTERS, A BROTHER AND OTHER RELATIVES.