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Charlotte Mack Rickard, age 94,
died on December 27, 2011, in Urbana, Illinois. She was born in
Washington State and, as a child, lived with her grandparents in
Alberta, Canada. She graduated from high school in Spokane and
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During World War II, Charlotte worked in Civil Defense at
Paine Field in Everett, repairing Army/Air Corps
airplanes–along the lines of the "Rosie the Riveter." While
there, she met and married Keith Rickard in 1944. Keith had
grown up in Rolfe. After he returned from service, the
couple moved to Rolfe in 1946 to be part of the Rickard
business on Main Street. Charlotte and Keith’s children
included: Jeannette FitzGerald (RHS 1963), Arlene Steele (RHS
1965), John Rickard (RHS 1968), Cheryl VanDeVoorde (RHS
1971), and Donna Viers (RHS 1974). Although Charlotte had
been a homemaker for over two decades, she took the
ownership of Rickard Plumbing and Heating Supply after Keith
died in1969. She retired in 1979.
She was a member of the Rolfe Presbyterian Church (later
Rolfe Shared Ministry) and loved loved life, cooking,
gardening, embroidery, sewing, crocheting, her pups,
Lawrence Welk music and bingo. One of her pastimes was
knitting beautiful "chemo" stocking caps and newborn baby
caps for anyone who wanted or needed one. Her caps have been
given to people all over the United States.
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