Ursula's Rich Family Roots
Ursula Richards (formerly Richards-Coppola), mother of three grown young adults, is a strategic storyteller, fundraiser consultant and filmmaker. Ursula has a special-needs daughter, Shari who has been in the Special Olympics for 10 years with 49 medals under her belt. Ursula’s son, Albert owns, "AF Computer Consultant (facebook), and another daughter, Jessica is studying business and finances at Santa Monica College in California. I actually lived in State of Washington in the late 70's in Camas until Mt. St. Helen blew her top.
Ursula is Irish, French Canadian and Native American (Eastern Cherokee), born west of Detroit, Michigan. Her father, Edmund Richards, was French Canadian, Native American and fought WWll. Mr. Richards was a race car driver for many years in Jackson, Michigan, a mechanic, and an electronic engineer (fixed 60/70 year old televisions). Mr. Richards wrote couple of articles while he was attending Henry Ford school, "Willow Run" at seven years old. Ursula's grandfather, Charles Richards, was a mechanic for Henry Ford from the early '20s to the '50s. Ursula's grandmother on her mother's side was a bookkeeper for Henry Ford. Additionally, Ursula's grandmother's father was an inventor such as the railroad arm mechanism. His wife taught women how to iron and sew in the early 1900s in Centralia, Washington and gave birth to Ursula's grandmother in a house on 21 February 1919, which is still standing in Centralia, WA. Ursula's great grandmother is the 4th generation descendant of Thomas Fitzwater who traveled with William Penn from England to America on the ship "Welcome" in 1680's to Pennsylvania.
Ursula participated in a 2009 workshop at Centralia College showing the interviews she had conducted for the film, and talked about that terrible massacre the town thought had been swept under the carpet. Ursula has won the 2012 PIFFy award for best trailer at the Plomondon Independent Film Festival in Toledo, Washington and received The National Association of Professional Women award in 2010.
In addition to dedicating the majority of her time and energy to "Ghost of Hangman's Bridge," feature film project, Ursula is also working on several other film projects: "Great While It Lasted" by Jim Crockett; "George Washington: Built a town with my hands"; Including a horror short, "Sunday Afternoon: Nightmare in a Shell." And, a documentary "Massacre on Tower Avenue" told by the people who were there on 11 November 1919.
Ursula is Irish, French Canadian and Native American (Eastern Cherokee), born west of Detroit, Michigan. Her father, Edmund Richards, was French Canadian, Native American and fought WWll. Mr. Richards was a race car driver for many years in Jackson, Michigan, a mechanic, and an electronic engineer (fixed 60/70 year old televisions). Mr. Richards wrote couple of articles while he was attending Henry Ford school, "Willow Run" at seven years old. Ursula's grandfather, Charles Richards, was a mechanic for Henry Ford from the early '20s to the '50s. Ursula's grandmother on her mother's side was a bookkeeper for Henry Ford. Additionally, Ursula's grandmother's father was an inventor such as the railroad arm mechanism. His wife taught women how to iron and sew in the early 1900s in Centralia, Washington and gave birth to Ursula's grandmother in a house on 21 February 1919, which is still standing in Centralia, WA. Ursula's great grandmother is the 4th generation descendant of Thomas Fitzwater who traveled with William Penn from England to America on the ship "Welcome" in 1680's to Pennsylvania.
Ursula participated in a 2009 workshop at Centralia College showing the interviews she had conducted for the film, and talked about that terrible massacre the town thought had been swept under the carpet. Ursula has won the 2012 PIFFy award for best trailer at the Plomondon Independent Film Festival in Toledo, Washington and received The National Association of Professional Women award in 2010.
In addition to dedicating the majority of her time and energy to "Ghost of Hangman's Bridge," feature film project, Ursula is also working on several other film projects: "Great While It Lasted" by Jim Crockett; "George Washington: Built a town with my hands"; Including a horror short, "Sunday Afternoon: Nightmare in a Shell." And, a documentary "Massacre on Tower Avenue" told by the people who were there on 11 November 1919.