VICKERS, Barbara Jeanne (Burkitt) 1926-2009

VICKERS, BURKITT, GILBERT, JONES, BRAUN, CRAWFORD, BURGESS, PUGH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/22/2014 at 20:25:31

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, April 9, 2009]

NEW HAMPTON - Barbara Jeanne Vickers, 82, of New Hampton, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center, New Hampton.

She was born Nov. 16, 1926, in Morrison, Ill., daughter of Lawrence Joseph and Elva Ruth Gilbert Burkitt. On Jan. 29, 1947, she married Charles Danes Vickers in Ashland, Wis.

Mrs. Vickers graduated from Sparta High School, Sparta, Wis., in 1944, then attended Northland College, Ashland, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She and her husband owned and operated the Mapleton Theater, Mapleton, until the late 1960s. She was a member of United Methodist Church.

Survived by her husband; four daughters, Jeanne E. Braun of Medina, Ohio, Francie R. (Steven) Crawford of Fredericksburg, Charlene R. Burgess of Grants Pass, Ore., and Barbara Jo ''Bobbi'' (Shane) Pugh of Woodward; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by a sister, Florence Jones.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, New Hampton, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sparta. Public visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, New Hampton, and for an hour before services Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society.

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[Additional from Hugeback Funeral Home]

On January 29, 1947, in Ashland, WI, she married Charles Danes Vickers. The couple initially lived in Milwaukee and in 1955 moved to Mapleton, IA, where they owned and operated the Mapleton Theater until selling the business in the late 1960’s. The couple then lived in several Iowa towns including Sioux City, Lake Mills, Des Moines and Jefferson before retiring to Florida. Barbara and Charlie lived in Florida for 17 years before moving to New Hampton to be closer to family.

Barbara enjoyed gardening, cooking for her grandchildren, music, her membership in the A-Z Garden Club, her 45 year P.E.O. membership and the United Methodist Church.

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