Anita M. Ricketts, 69, of Moline, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave., Moline. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial is at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.
Anita was born Sept. 1, 1941, in Huntsville, Mo., the daughter of Albert Lee and Lucy Inez Eatherton Knight. She married Guy Ralph Ricketts on April 18, 1959, in Iowa City. He preceded her in death in 1996.
Anita enjoyed the casinos, traveling and times spent with family and friends.
Survivors include her sisters, Marilyn (Melvin) Morrow, Moline, Marjorie Hershey, Salisbury, Mo.; two nieces and one nephew, Missy, Nancy and Rae; stepchildren, Shirley Keeton, Mountain View, Mo., Annetta (Roy) Willet Sr., East Moline, John Ricketts Sr., Silvis, Linda (Larry) Newberry, Orion; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers, Gene Lee Knight, Tacoma, Wash., Billy Wayne Knight, Phoenix, Ariz.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Lewis "Dorothy" Estabrook, Arkansas; and son-in-law, Roy Keeton, Arkansas; also three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.[1]
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