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John Henry “Jack” Ricker

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John Henry “Jack” Ricker

Birth
Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan, USA
Death
26 Apr 1944 (aged 66)
Owendale, Huron County, Michigan, USA
Burial
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John H. Ricker Died at Owendale Apr. 26-

John Henry Ricker, brother of A. A. Ricker and Mrs. U. G. Parker of Cass City, died Wednesday morning about seven o'clock at his home near Owendale. The remains were at the Munro Funeral home here until Thursday afternoon when they were taken to the Ricker home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, at 2:00 p. m., CWT, in the Owendale Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. M. Geer. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p. m. until the funeral hour. Burial will be in the Williamson cemetery.

Mr. Ricker was born April 2, 1878, in Grant township on the farm next to the one where he lived at the time of his death. On Apr. 4, 1904, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ballentine, who survives.

The deceased also leaves seven children as follows: Miss Geraldine Ricker, Ann Arbor; Morris Ricker, Owendale; Mrs. Gretchen Walters, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Maxine Clara, Detroit; Mrs. Joyce Burden, Gagetown; Miss Lorraine Ricker, nurse at Harper hospital, Detroit; and Bruce Ricker, at home. One son, John, preceded the father in death in 1919 at the age of about a year. (Note: CWT is Central War Time)

CASS CITY CHRONICLE—FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944, page 4.

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Biographical sketch of John Ricker excerpted from 1904 "Plat book of Huron County, Michigan :…with biographical sketches" by E. B. (Ernest B.) Foote (Philadelphia, Penn. : Imperial Publishing Co., 1904), on page 85.
John H. Ricker Died at Owendale Apr. 26-

John Henry Ricker, brother of A. A. Ricker and Mrs. U. G. Parker of Cass City, died Wednesday morning about seven o'clock at his home near Owendale. The remains were at the Munro Funeral home here until Thursday afternoon when they were taken to the Ricker home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, at 2:00 p. m., CWT, in the Owendale Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. M. Geer. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p. m. until the funeral hour. Burial will be in the Williamson cemetery.

Mr. Ricker was born April 2, 1878, in Grant township on the farm next to the one where he lived at the time of his death. On Apr. 4, 1904, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ballentine, who survives.

The deceased also leaves seven children as follows: Miss Geraldine Ricker, Ann Arbor; Morris Ricker, Owendale; Mrs. Gretchen Walters, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Maxine Clara, Detroit; Mrs. Joyce Burden, Gagetown; Miss Lorraine Ricker, nurse at Harper hospital, Detroit; and Bruce Ricker, at home. One son, John, preceded the father in death in 1919 at the age of about a year. (Note: CWT is Central War Time)

CASS CITY CHRONICLE—FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944, page 4.

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Biographical sketch of John Ricker excerpted from 1904 "Plat book of Huron County, Michigan :…with biographical sketches" by E. B. (Ernest B.) Foote (Philadelphia, Penn. : Imperial Publishing Co., 1904), on page 85.


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