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Portrait of Lily Rae Richmond
In loving memory

Lily Rae Richmond

April 6, 2006 – April 1, 2019
Lived 12 years
Valparaiso, IN
If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane. ~ Tom Hardy
Life story

Lily Rae Richmond 04/06/2006 - 04/01/2019. Lily Rae was the loving daughter of Elisha and Jeffrey Richmond. She was an only child with 2 dogs, German Shepherds, Kimber and Beretta. She is survived by her parents, paternal grandparents Larry and Patricia Richmond, Godmother Margaret Strehler, Beloved Uncle James Strehler, Uncle Jonathan (Lana) Richmond and children, Uncle Daniel (Bailey) Richmond and children, many cousins, friends and cheer families. Lily is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather Joseph Brodner, Great-Grandmother Mary Wright and Great-Grandfather Wallace Wright. Lily was active in school cheerleading and played the flute in band. She was passionate about animals, photography and making videos. Lily loved going to her “Nana’s” house and playing with all her various bulldogs and baking cookies. Lily’s plans for the future was to be a veterinarian. Lily’s burial took place on her 13th Birthday. She will always be remembered as a happy, fun-loving girl who was larger than life and too beautiful for this Earth.

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2006
Born April 6
2007
Lily was 1 when the first iPhone went on sale
2009
Lily was 3 when Captain Sully safely landed a jetliner on the Hudson River
2014
Lily was 8 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2015
Lily was 9 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2016
Lily was 10 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2017
Lily was 11 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2019
Passed away April 1, age 12
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