Muscatine Journal - November 16, 2004
Graveside services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. today, Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, Ill.
MOLINE, Ill. - Violet Gasaway Ricketts, 88, Moline, formerly of Muscatine, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at Aspenwood Health Care Center, Silvis, Ill.
Memorials may be made to Beacon of Hope Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.
Mrs. Ricketts was born Nov. 20, 1915, in Boonville, Warrick County, Ind., the daughter of Samuel Bradberry and Lula M. Kirkpatrick Gasaway. She married Clarence Ricketts in February 1934 in Muscatine.
She was employed by pearl button companies in Muscatine as a cutter, sorter and inspector. She also worked for Heinz Co., Muscatine, and later was employed by Thatcher Glass and Plastics, Muscatine, as an assembler and inspector, retiring in April 1979. She was an honorary lifetime member of the International Chemical Workers Union.
She was a past president of Park Place PTA, Muscatine, and was active in the early 1950s in getting the votes and backing to build Madison School. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, before moving to Moline in 1992 to be closer to family members.
She enjoyed knitting, shopping, and visiting with friends and relatives.
Survivors include three sons, Robert Ricketts and wife Theresa of Geneseo, Ill., Gary Ricketts and wife Laurie of Port Byron, Ill., and Jerry Ricketts and wife Lori of White House, Texas; two daughters, Roberta Callahan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Joyce Goodale of Shawnee, Kan.; 13 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Everett Eugene Ricketts; a grandson, Ronald E. Ricketts; seven brothers; and five sisters.
Muscatine Journal - November 16, 2004
Graveside services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. today, Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, Ill.
MOLINE, Ill. - Violet Gasaway Ricketts, 88, Moline, formerly of Muscatine, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at Aspenwood Health Care Center, Silvis, Ill.
Memorials may be made to Beacon of Hope Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.
Mrs. Ricketts was born Nov. 20, 1915, in Boonville, Warrick County, Ind., the daughter of Samuel Bradberry and Lula M. Kirkpatrick Gasaway. She married Clarence Ricketts in February 1934 in Muscatine.
She was employed by pearl button companies in Muscatine as a cutter, sorter and inspector. She also worked for Heinz Co., Muscatine, and later was employed by Thatcher Glass and Plastics, Muscatine, as an assembler and inspector, retiring in April 1979. She was an honorary lifetime member of the International Chemical Workers Union.
She was a past president of Park Place PTA, Muscatine, and was active in the early 1950s in getting the votes and backing to build Madison School. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, before moving to Moline in 1992 to be closer to family members.
She enjoyed knitting, shopping, and visiting with friends and relatives.
Survivors include three sons, Robert Ricketts and wife Theresa of Geneseo, Ill., Gary Ricketts and wife Laurie of Port Byron, Ill., and Jerry Ricketts and wife Lori of White House, Texas; two daughters, Roberta Callahan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Joyce Goodale of Shawnee, Kan.; 13 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Everett Eugene Ricketts; a grandson, Ronald E. Ricketts; seven brothers; and five sisters.
Family Members
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Myrtle Rose Gasaway Truitt
1897–1964
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Emma Lillian Gasaway Scott
1898–1986
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Ezra Rolly/Rollie Gasaway
1901–1983
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Lenora Elizabeth Gasaway Strueber
1903–1983
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Ira Allen "Arrie" Gasaway
1904–1976
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Edna Beatrice Gasaway Truitt
1906–1995
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Samuel Jessie "Sammie" Gasaway
1910–1996
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Charles Martin Gasaway
1913–2001
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Martin Woodrow Gasaway
1918–1980
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Forestt Lester Gasaway
1923–1996
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