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Submitted: 12/10/21 • Approved: 12/10/21 • Last Updated: 12/13/21 • R472996-G0-S3
February 25, 1894-November 19, 1955
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Frank Rickert Burial Sunday
Burial services were held at Wheeler Cemetery Sunday for Frank Rickert, 61, former Wheeler resident, who died of a heart ailment at Kirkland, Texas, on November 19.
After funeral services at Kirkland, the body was brought over-land by L.C. Elliott of the B.D. Wasson Funeral Home of Childress, and laid to rest by two sons, Billy who died in 1928 and Frank, Jr., a soldier, in 1950.
Mr. Rickert is survived by his wife and two daughters who were with relatives and friends attending the last rites.
Rev. Carlton H. Thomson, pastor of the Wheeler Methodist church, officiated at the graveside services.
Pall bearers were: Fred Farmer, Clarence Robison, Harrison Hall, Gene Hall, W.L. Erwin and Otis Reid, all of Wheeler.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume XII-Number 50, Wheeler, Texas, November 24, 1955, Page 8)
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U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918
Name: Rickert, Frank Carl
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1894
Birth Place: Tennessee
City/County: Hemphill
State: TX
Ethnicity: W
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank Carl Rickert
Death Date: 19 Nov 1955
Death County: Childress
Certificate: 53398
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Frank Carl Rickert
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1894
Birth Place: Tennessee
Residence: Rural, Childress, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Nov 1955
Death Place: Rural, Childress, Texas, USA
Father: Elmer E Rickert
Mother: Wilhelma Vetters
Contributed on 12/10/21
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