Velma Bricker (1928-2008)

BRICKER, NELSON, WIRTH, IVIS, MOELLER, LIND, JOHNSON, THOMAS, SCHROEDER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/20/2008 at 20:58:33

AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

Sept. 27, 1928-Aug. 15, 2008

Velma Bricker, 79, of Boone, died Friday, Aug. 15, at Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone. A funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Boone. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Boone.

Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall streets in Boone, where a vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue from 8 until 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the funeral chapel.

Velma was born Sept. 27, 1928, in rural Boone County near Gilbert, the daughter of Wesley and Odellia (Wirth) Nelson. She graduated from Gilbert High School in 1946. She married Duane Bricker April 14, 1956, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, north of Gilbert. In earlier years, she worked as a bookkeeper for Odell's Western Auto Store in Boone and later was a seasonal worker at the Boone DeKalb Plant.

She is survived by her husband, Duane, of Boone; two sons, Jeff Bricker, of Fort Dodge, and Joe Bricker and wife, Terri, of Boone; two grandchildren, Josy and Brycen Bricker, of Boone; one sister, Mona Ivis, of Boone; two sisters-in-law, Carol Moeller, of Boone, and Ramona Lind, of Pocahontas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, John Nelson; and three sisters, Margaret Johnson, Lucille Thomas and Wanda Schroeder.

Memorials may be given to Church of the Sacred Heart or to the family to be used at their discretion.

Online condolences and a guestbook are available at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com.

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