{"id":3137891,"date":"2026-06-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/frank-michael-richards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T01:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:03:24","slug":"frank-michael-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/frank-michael-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Michael Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Richards<\/strong>\u2014<em>Frank Michael Richards<\/em>, 81, el 10 de mayo de 2025, en paz, en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. Frank Michael naci\u00f3 el 22 de octubre de 1943 en Alexandria, Virginia. Lleg\u00f3 al mundo mientras su padre, Frank Richards, serv\u00eda en el Cuerpo A\u00e9reo del Ej\u00e9rcito de EE. UU. en el Teatro del Pac\u00edfico durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras la guerra, en 1945, \u00e9l y su madre, Dorothy, se reunieron con su padre en Haw\u00e1i despu\u00e9s de un viaje en tren de costa a costa y una traves\u00eda en el vapor <em>Lurline<\/em>, presagio de los muchos viajes que marcar\u00edan la primera etapa de la vida de Frank Michael.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La infancia de Frank Michael transcurri\u00f3 viajando con su familia. El trabajo de su padre los llev\u00f3 de Haw\u00e1i al Reino Unido, luego a Siria y L\u00edbano en la d\u00e9cada de 1950 y, m\u00e1s tarde, a Venezuela. A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1960 regres\u00f3 a Estados Unidos y estudi\u00f3 en la Universidad de Nebraska. M\u00e1s tarde vivi\u00f3 en Chicago, Illinois.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brillante ling\u00fcista en sus a\u00f1os universitarios, Frank Michael era conocido por su notable facilidad para los idiomas, entre ellos el griego y el lat\u00edn. Era un oyente muy atento y curioso, y sus respuestas eran aut\u00e9nticas. Pasaba la mayor parte del tiempo escuchando cantos, escribiendo sobre diversos temas en su sitio web y compartiendo con los dem\u00e1s cualquier abundancia material que tuviera. Frank Michael era, ante todo, una persona profundamente espiritual.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No se cas\u00f3, pero fue un hermano mayor entregado, especialmente con su hermano menor, que era 16 a\u00f1os m\u00e1s joven que \u00e9l. Frank Michael se estableci\u00f3 en Carolina del Sur hace m\u00e1s de cuatro d\u00e9cadas, donde encontr\u00f3 comunidad y aceptaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la Sociedad Religiosa de los Amigos. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mientras estuvo recluido en una instituci\u00f3n psiqui\u00e1trica en la mediana edad, Frank Michael empez\u00f3 a escribir a iglesias locales en lenguas antiguas, lo que llev\u00f3 a miembros de la Junta de Columbia (Carolina del Sur) a visitarlo. Su compasi\u00f3n y defensa ayudaron a lograr su puesta en libertad y dieron paso a casi 30 a\u00f1os de participaci\u00f3n fiel en la junta. Su devoci\u00f3n religiosa era profunda y bien fundamentada.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael asist\u00eda con regularidad a la Junta de Columbia. Durante muchos a\u00f1os aport\u00f3 refrigerios para la junta, hasta que empez\u00f3 a asistir en l\u00ednea tras las restricciones por la COVID en 2020. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muchas personas dentro de la comunidad por la paz lo conoc\u00edan como un activista por la paz entregado. Era ferviente a la hora de colocar carteles y una vez fue detenido por pegar folletos en el Capitolio estatal. Por lo general, se manten\u00eda en testimonio silencioso con otras personas todos los mi\u00e9rcoles como parte de las vigilias de Women in Black.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael vivi\u00f3 durante muchos a\u00f1os felices en Finlay House, una comunidad residencial para mayores en Columbia, donde era una presencia tranquila pero muy apreciada. A pesar de una vida marcada por el aislamiento y las dificultades, fue querido por quienes llegaron a conocerlo. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael tambi\u00e9n era conocido por su coleccionismo compulsivo. Al final, gran parte de lo que reuni\u00f3 se redistribuy\u00f3 entre quienes lo necesitaban: un \u00faltimo acto de generosidad y tambi\u00e9n un legado de desv\u00edo de residuos del vertedero que sigue inspirando. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le precedieron en la muerte sus padres, Frank y Dorothy Richards.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sobreviven su hermano menor, Steven; su hermana, Carole; as\u00ed como varios sobrinos y sobrinas. Su hermano menor, Jon, falleci\u00f3 inesperadamente dos meses despu\u00e9s de Frank Michael. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richards\u2014Frank Michael Richards, 81, el 10 de mayo de 2025, en paz, en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. 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