Hello Donna and Thank you for setting up this Blog for Jim. Although you don't know me, I know of you. For the last year and a half I have worked with Jim @ AAA Press and more importantly was a friend to him and with him. We worked together after hours on our real estate careers which suffered over the last few years. I am a Mortgage Broker by trade and as you know Jim a Realtor, such as yourself. He confided in me about his experiences out east and had many kind words about you. Working with Jim during the day at our "fill in" job, gave me an opportunity to meet and get to know a good, kind and fair man. A man of principal. A good family man and a man not afraid to voice his opinions. He and I agreed on most everything so that made it easy for us to talk. Since he had so many interests, so many experiences and so many talents, I was always eager to spend time discussing just about anything with him. Most recently I had referred a potential listing prospect with him and of course he kindly returned the favor by referring me to a life long friend of his to see if I could help them with a home purchase. This is when I learned that some folks knew him by the name Peter. He explained to me that Peter was his middle name and it stuck for some reason with a few of his friends. Little did I realize that just a few short days later, Jim (Peter) would be gone.

On my way home from work today, I stopped in at the funeral home to pay my respects to his family and to say farewell to a good friend. My life now has a void in it that will never be filled. Jim came into it with a mission and he was working on completing this mission when God decided to take him from us. Being a believer in God, I know that although we feel cheated losing Jim and Jim had much work left to do here, God will take good care of him and we will have to accept that.

Jim's many interests included Photography, writing, computers, website design, blogs, cars, politics and of course his family. He was one of the proudest Grandpa's I ever met. every chance he had, he would share  photo's of the grandchildren with me proudly telling me what great experience they had and he enjoyed with them at the time of the shot. He loved the photography end of his life and he loved talking and listening to anyone who shared the same interest.

I truly hope many people find this blog and share their thoughts with all on Jim. I am heartbroken and saddened by his passing. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family, especially the grand kids whom he loved, but to all and any who knew him. My prays will be many and God will know how much we all miss the man that he took from us. James Peter Richardson, Rest in Peace my dear friend. May God Bless your soul.

Bill.

Donna,

"A truly classy gentlemen we have lost"....your words cannot be denied. Jim was a refreshing person for me to meet as he was in fact a gentlemen. I never heard him tell an off color joke, swearing wasn't something that was popular with him either. Even when he was being antagonized by other morons at work, he would simply smirk and shake his head and move on. Jim taught me to look at the situation and if it unsuitable, move on. We lost a man that was much too young to be taken from us. Although I suppose it may be a blessing for Jim as he apparently was more ill than he may have thought. Suffering through a long debilitating illness would not have been something he would have wanted to subject his family and friends to.

You are welcome for thanking me for being a friend to Jim, but it was all my pleasure. I will sorely miss him and forever wonder what could have been had he not been taken so early. God bless you too Donna and I am sorry for your loss. Take care, perhaps someday we will all meet in another life or another place? Peace.

Bill Ford

Biil I beleive I met you at my Dads wake. Its nice to know that he ment so much to you. My Dad has always been a very important part of my Life and my Childrens.. He will be greatley missed. They taught my Sister and I in the hospital moment by moment we will all learn to live our lives again.. The pain will never go away but our lives must go on its what he would have wanted. This has been a very hard time for us but its nice to know that he affected peoples lives outside of our family.. Donna I miss you and hope you plan a trip out here soon.. Thank you for the memorial Dad loved Felix so i am sure he would love it to.. XOXOXO

Donna,

This is Janet, Jims youngest daughter, I would like to thank you so much for setting up such a nice memorial page for my father. It is wonderful to see how much impact my father had on his friends. You and Bill have so many wonderful things to say about him. I think this is a great way to keep his memory alive, I am sure we all have had special times with him that we will never forget and always hold in our hearts. When I read these entries I was crying, crying because I was sad he is gone and because I was happy, happy that he had others in his life that cared about him as much as the two of you have shown in these writings. I think we are all blessed to have had such a great man be a part of our lives. So thank you to the both of you for sharing your thoughts.

<3 Always 

Janet

I just wanted to send a reminder that the whole family will be walking in honor of my dad for Pulmonary Fibrosis. Here is the link to our page!

https://secure.imisfriendraising.com/registrant/welcome.aspx?EventID=9658&LangPref=en-CA&RegistrationID=275288

Hope everyone is doing well!

Janet

March 24, 2010

I am so happy to have met all of the 4 Figueiredo grandchildren in person during their trip to Massachusetts. 

• Corrine is almost as tall as me, beautiful golden brown locks of hair.  A beautiful young lady!  She was just a toddler when the family lived  in Massachusetts.
  
• DJ is absolutly adorable, all the girls are just going to love him!  Erin was pregnant with him when they moved back to IL, I never met this little man.  
• Madison has beautiful brown locks of hair like her older sister.  A very pretty little girl.  All smiles and happy.
  
• Emma, 2 yrs,  just cracked me up.  Cute as a button with the same beautiful eyes as her brother DJ.  Her vocabulary is amazing and she keeps up with all the older kids.  A little trooper.

Erin and David have done a great job, what wonderful children they have.  It was a pleasure, now I can look at the photos and really know who they are.  Erin is so strong, totally amazing.  She is a great mother, and I'm sure Jim is so proud of her!

God Bless

One Year ago today 6/23/09 my good friend passed away.  You are truly missed Jim Richardson!

The Queen

It is so sad how quickly one year has passed. Jim was a business associate and a TRUE FRIEND. I miss you Jim. Someday we will meet again. Rest peacefully my friend until then. Once again Donna, thank you for never forgetting this classy man.