Rickers, Phyllis Virginia (1921 - 2013)

RICKERS, CAMPBELL, PEDERSON, LEUCKE, ROCK

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/23/2013 at 17:15:56

Name of deceased: Phyllis Virginia Rickers (nee Campbell)

Aged: 92 yrs, 2 mo, 27 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: July 20, 1921, in rural Shelby County west of Harlan, IA

Died: Oct. 17, 2013, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan, IA; Pastor Darwin Moore officiated. Burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Son, Douglas (spouse, Karen) Rickers of Omaha, NE; daughter, Linda (spouse, Mike) Pederson of Ankeny, IA; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brothers, Keith (spouse, Nadine) Campbell of Harlan, IA, Russell Campbell of Harlan, IA, and Victor (spouse, Marie) Campbell of Lady Lakes, FL; sister-in-law, Betty Campbell of Harlan, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, George and Ida (nee Leucke) Campbell; husband of 65 years, Quentin (deceased June 2007); son, Roger; grandson, Stephen Pedersen, brothers, Sheldon and Kenneth Campbell, sister, Delores Rock

Education: attended country school

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan, IA, where she remained a lifelong member. She was active in the women’s circle at church and always eager to volunteer at various functions.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Quentin Rickers; Nov. 30, 1941, at the Harlan Methodist Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: Homemaker; after her children were older, Phyllis worked for the school system in the kitchen as a cook.

Hobbies/Interests: loved to cook and bake; she was a 52-year-member of the Lebanon Chapter No. 8 Order of the Eastern Star in Harlan and a member of the Daughters of the Nile, an organization that assists the Shriners.

Sources: kjan.com; harlanonline.com; ancestry.com; pauleyjones.com