Laura Serene Richards

Richards, Laura Serene, 43, of St. Petersburg, died Friday April 22, 2005 at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast from cancer. She came here in 1979 from her native Connecticut. She was born with Muscular Dystrophy, but never considered herself handicapped. She enjoyed cross stitching, movies, music, and the internet, but most of all she enjoyed being with her family and friends. Survivors include her mother and step-father, Dolores Richards and Melvin Hutcherson, St. Petersburg, brother, Gary Richards, St. Petersburg; father, Allan Richards, paternal grandmother, Virginia Peterson, both of Ft. Lauderdale. Anderson-McQueen Funeral & Cremation Centers ? N.E. St. Petersburg Chapel.