Helen A. Wise Richards, 86, of Norwalk, Ohio, died Sunday morning at the Fisher Titus Medical Center in Norwalk.

Born Oct. 10, 1919, in Butler, she was the daughter of Alvin P. and Alice Monks Wise.

She moved to the Norwalk area in 2001.

Mrs. Richards was a member of the Nixon Methodist Church, where she enjoyed church activities and missionary groups. She also was a member of the Jefferson Township Grange and the Saxonburg Golden Agers.

She enjoyed playing cards.

She is survived by a daughter, Judy Weit of Norwalk; a son, Robert L. Campbell of Hummelstown, Dauphin County; a stepson, William Richards of Russellton, Allegheny County; four grandchildren; three step-grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are a brother, Raymond Wise of Butler; and three sisters and a brother-in-law, Florence Leslie and Joan and Ralph Bachman, all of Butler, and Martha Herold of Cabot.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Campbell, who died in 1960; her second husband, William Richards, who died in 1980; and three brothers, Loyal B., Clair and Paul Wise.

<B>RICHARDS </B>— There will be no calling hours. A memorial service for Helen A. Wise Richards, who died Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, will be later.Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross<B>Walker Funeral Home</B>, Norwalk, is in charge of arrangements.