Photo of Vanesha before Marriage
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Photo of Venesha
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Photo of Venesha
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Venesha 20's
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Photo of Venesha
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School Photo - age 13
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Photo of Venesha
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Photo of Venesha
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Bridal Shower Photo
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School trip Connecticut - middle school
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Venesha 20's
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Venesha 20's
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In London
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20's
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Photo of Venesha - 20's
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Photo of Venesha
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Portrait of Venesha
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Graduation photo
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Portrait of Venesha
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Venesha with the dog
Venesha at weddding
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Uncle walking her down the isle
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With Mother at wedding
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With Mother at wedding
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With Grand Aunt at wedding
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Wedding photo
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Venesha at her wedding
With Brothers at mom 2nd wedding
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Venesha with Brother and Sister
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Mom & Sibling
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Family Picture
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Venesha with Siblings early '90s
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Brother's wedding with niece
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Venesha at disney
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Great Aunt at Venesha wedding
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Wedding Reception
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With Sister and little brother
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With niece on the tour bus
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With Brother
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With mom, 1st in America
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Graduates with Mom
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With Siblings, age 12
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With Brother and Sister - in England vacation
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Her Uncle in England
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Kayla
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Sibling photo
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Sibling photo
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Sibling photo
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Kayla with Venesha's Sister
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Venesha with the girls
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With Brother and Sister
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Graduation with family
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Mom's Wedding
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With Baby sister
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With niece
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With nephew by lady of liberty
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Photo of Venesha
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In loving memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha with her daughter
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha's family
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Venesha's family
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Fishing trip
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Venesha's family
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha with her loved ones
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Shoveling the snow
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In loving memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha with loved ones
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Venesha with loved ones
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha's family
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In loving memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha and family
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Venesha playing a card game
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Venesha with her family
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Venesha's family
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Venesha's family
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Venesha's loved ones
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Venesha's loved ones
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Venesha and family
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha and family
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In loving memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha and family
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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Venesha's Family
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Venesha with her husband and daughter
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Venesha with her husband and daughter
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Venesha with her husband
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha with her family
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Venesha's husband and daughter
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Venesha with her husband
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha holding her daughter
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Venesha's daughter
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Kayla, Venesha's daughter
Photo of Venesha
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Portrait of Venesha
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In Jamaica
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Early year in Jamaica
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With Brother early year
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With her brother early year
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Early year
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Jamaica
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With Brothers in Jamaica
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With Mom
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Sibling photo - in Jamaica
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With Brother, 1st arrival in America
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With Cousins
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With Brother in immigration office
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Portrait of Venesha
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In loving memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Venesha's family
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Venesha's family
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
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Venesha and family
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Portrait of Venesha Richards
In memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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In memory of Venesha Richards
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New Jersey Living Memorial, A Grove of Remembrance
Empty Sky: NJ State 9/11 Memorial
Boston Public Garden 9/11 Memorial
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
During the Brunswick Church of God's annual Labor Day picnic, Venesha Richards was where she loved to be -- surrounded by children.
"She was playing ball with the kids. . . . You always would see her with the kids," said Ivette Cox, a family friend.
As the church's assistant youth director, Mrs. Richards, 26, spent a lot of time around young people.
"What I loved about her most was that she was so energetic," said Cox, who referred to her as her niece. "When she was pregnant you couldn't tell that she was pregnant even when she was big. She would walk and dance and you couldn't believe it. She was vibrant."
Mrs. Richards enjoyed an active lifestyle, her family and friends said. Among her favorite things to do were to travel -- having been to Europe and more recently to Mexico -- and to chaperon children from her church on an annual South Jersey camping trip.
Mrs. Richards, who moved to New Jersey from Jamaica when she was 9, graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin Township and later received her bachelor's degree from Berkeley College in Woodbridge in 1995.
She landed a job as a secretary at Marsh & McLennan on the 100th floor of the World Trade Center, working in the risk management division. She also was to receive a graduate degree in computer science and information technology at Pace University in New York next year.
"She was the best friend I had. We talked about everything," said her mother, Lelith Bergen of Franklin Township. Because she cared for Mrs. Richards' infant daughter while she was at work, Mrs. Bergen said they saw each other every day.
A whiz with computers, people often turned to her for help. Mrs. Richards helped design and print her church programs. Last month, she helped her mother organize a fashion show fund-raiser by printing the tickets and programs.
The last time her mother saw her was the day before the Sept. 11 attacks. "My last words to her were 'I love you,' and I didn't know it would be the last time I would say that," she said.
Mrs. Richards, who lived with her husband, Hopeton, and her daughter, Kayla, in North Brunswick, spoke about her family often, especially her daughter.
"Not a day would go by that she didn't talk about her family," said Hopeton Richards. They were both looking forward to celebrating their daughter's first birthday on Oct. 24.
"The one thing she really wanted to do was celebrate her daughter's birthday," her husband said. "She wanted to see her walk."
In addition, to her mother, husband and daughter, Mrs. Richards is survived by three brothers, Omar Rogers of North Brunswick, Shaun Rogers of Lawrenceville and Naquan Bergen of Franklin Township; a sister, Queena Bergen of Franklin Township; her father, Stanley Rogers of Baltimore; her maternal grandparents, Hagle Brown of Jamaica and Lloyd Grant of Franklin Township; and her paternal grandmother, Ida Rogers of Jamaica; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Brunswick Church of God, 48 Lee Ave., New Brunswick.
Profile by Alicia Grey published in THE STAR-LEDGER.
RIP PRETTY VENESHA. You will
RIP PRETTY VENESHA. You will never be forgotten.
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