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Diane Richards-Hughes-Erikson, age 68, succumbed at Weiss Memorial Hospital on Feb. 13, 2004, from untreatable respiratory complications over the past four years. An avid reader who did crossword puzzles daily (in ink). She was a Copy Editor, later becoming a Registered Nurse. Sharing life with Ted Erikson for over two decades, she gave energy and hope for more individual swim challenges of Chicago’s 27-mile shoreline as part of the “Beyond The Pool” series. A memorial service is planned. Her ashes will be dispersed off Chicago’s Promontory Point into Lake Michigan (to await such events). A “Diane Richards Memorial Swim” will be a fitting tribute to her final gasps.
