{"id":3137889,"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\/sw\/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, tarehe 10 Mei 2025, kwa amani, huko Columbia, S.C. Frank Michael alizaliwa tarehe 22 Oktoba 1943, huko Alexandria, Va. Aliingia ulimwenguni wakati baba yake, Frank Richards, alipokuwa akitumikia katika U.S. Army Air Corps katika Pacific Theater wakati wa Vita vya Pili vya Dunia. Baada ya vita, mnamo 1945, yeye na mama yake, Dorothy, waliungana tena na baba yake huko Hawaii baada ya safari ya treni kuvuka nchi na safari kwenye meli ya mvuke <em>Lurline<\/em>, ishara ya safari nyingi ambazo zingeashiria utoto wa Frank Michael.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utoto wa Frank Michael ulipitishwa akisafiri na familia yake. Kazi ya baba yake iliwapeleka kutoka Hawaii hadi Uingereza, kisha Syria na Lebanon katika miaka ya 1950, na baadaye Venezuela. Mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1960, alirudi Marekani, akihudhuria Chuo Kikuu cha Nebraska. Baadaye aliishi Chicago, Ill.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwanasanifu wa lugha mwenye kipaji wakati wa miaka yake ya chuo kikuu, Frank Michael alijulikana kwa uwezo wake wa ajabu wa lugha, ikiwa ni pamoja na Kigiriki na Kilatini. Alikuwa msikilizaji mwenye makini na udadisi na majibu yake yalikuwa ya kweli. Alitumia muda wake mwingi akisikiliza nyimbo za kidini, akiandika kuhusu mada mbalimbali kwenye tovuti yake, na kushiriki wingi wowote wa vitu alivyokuwa navyo na wengine. Frank Michael alikuwa kwanza kabisa mtu wa kiroho kwa kina.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hakuoa, lakini alikuwa kaka mkubwa aliyejitoa, hasa kwa ndugu yake mdogo kabisa, ambaye alikuwa mdogo wake miaka 16. Frank Michael aliishi South Carolina zaidi ya miongo minne iliyopita, ambapo alipata jamii na ukaribishaji kupitia Religious Society of Friends. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alipokuwa amefungwa katika taasisi ya akili katikati ya maisha yake, Frank Michael alianza kuandikia makanisa ya ndani kwa lugha za kale, na kusababisha wanachama wa Mkutano wa Columbia (S.C.) kumtembelea. Huruma na utetezi wao ulisaidia kuleta uhuru wake na kuanzisha miaka karibu 30 ya ushiriki wa uaminifu katika mkutano. Ibada yake ya kidini ilikuwa ya kina na yenye maarifa.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael alikuwa mhudhuria wa kawaida katika Mkutano wa Columbia. Alitoa vyakula vya mapumziko kwa mkutano kwa miaka mingi hadi alipoanza kuhudhuria mtandaoni baada ya vikwazo vya COVID mnamo 2020. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watu wengi ndani ya jamii ya amani walimjua kama mhamasishaji wa amani aliyejitoa. Alikuwa na bidii katika kuweka mabango na mara moja alikamata kwa kuweka mabango katika State House. Kwa kawaida alisimama kwa ushuhuda wa kimya na wengine kila Jumatano kama sehemu ya vigilio vya Women in Black.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael aliishi kwa miaka mingi ya furaha huko Finlay House, jamii ya makazi ya wazee huko Columbia, ambapo alikuwa uwepo wa kimya lakini wa kupendwa. Licha ya maisha yaliyoashiriwa na kutengwa na changamoto, alipendwa na wale waliomjua. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael pia alijulikana kwa ukusanyaji wake wa kulazimika. Mwishoni, mengi ya alichokusanya yalisambazwa kwa wale waliohitaji\u2014kitendo cha mwisho cha ukarimu pamoja na urithi wa kuzuia taka ambao unaendelea kuhamasisha. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Michael alitanguliwa na kifo na wazazi wake, Frank na Dorothy Richards.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ameachiwa na ndugu yake mdogo, Steven; dada yake, Carole; pamoja na wajukuu kadhaa. Ndugu yake mdogo kabisa, Jon, alifariki bila kutarajia miezi miwili baada ya Frank Michael. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richards\u2014Frank Michael Richards, 81, tarehe 10 Mei 2025, kwa amani, huko Columbia, S.C. 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