RICKETTS, Myrtle Gaskin
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
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COVINGTON, Ind. — Mrs. Myrtle Ricketts died today (Sept. 13, 1969) at 8 a.m. at Alword Nursing Home in Attica, Ind. She was a life-long resident of Warren and Fountain Counties in Indiana. She was born Nov. 20, 1876 in Warren County, Ind., a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Piercy Gaskin. She married Fred Ricketts on March 20, 1897. He preceded her in death Aug. 24, 1934. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Merriel Myler, of Perrysville; Mrs. Audrey Melton, of Danville; Mrs. LaDoris Smith, of Covington, Ind.; two granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter, a grandson, and a brother. She was a member of the First Church of Christ in Covington. Funeral arrangements at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington are incomplete.
COVINGTON, Ind. — Services for Mrs. Myrtle Ricketts, 91, who died Yesterday (Sept. 13, 1969), will be at 2 p.m. (EDT) Monday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington with the Rev. Harold Fogle officiating. Friends will be received this afternoon and evening at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park in Danville. Survivors include a daughter, Muriel Myler of Covington Route 2