Richard Kelley Herridge was born February 6, 1955 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Richard L. and Norma L. (Johns) Herridge. The family moved to Springfield, NJ and then to Chatham Township, New Jersey where Kelley graduated from CTHS in 1973. He attended Springfield College in Massachusetts for two years before returning to New Jersey. In 1991 Kelley moved to Minneapolis, MN working for Best Buy as a computer programmer. In 2010 his health caused him to retire and move to Perry to be near his mother.

Survivors include his mother Norma Herridge of Perry, IA; one nephew Jeffrey (Katy) Herridge of Morris Plains, NJ; one uncle Donald Johns of Perry, IA; aunts Doris Pantier of Perry, IA; Pat Meier of Perry, IA, Verna Martin of Norwalk, IA, Sandy (Larry) Botts of Macomb, IL, Linda (Bob) Olson of Alexandria, MN; sister-in-law Susan Herridge of Hillsborough, NJ.

Preceding Kelley in death were his father Richard L. Herridge on September 3, 1989 and his brother Kevin Herridge on November 17, 2015, great grandmother Matie Wilcox, grandparents Lewis Herridge, Mary Herridge Lapp, Albert and Grace Johns, Uncles Jack Lientz, George Johns, Bill Martin, Virgil Pantier, Jack Meier, Dale Shipley and aunts Joanne Johns, Vernas Shipley and a cousin Debbie Gelbowitz.

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