Violet (Gasaway) Ricketts

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1915 Violet is born on 20 Nov in Boonville, Indiana to Samuel and Lula (Kirkpatrick) Gassaway.^[1]

1920 Violet is living in Paducah, Kentucky with her parents and six siblings. ^[2]

1930 Violet is living in her mother's household in Paducah, Kentucky. Her brothers Charles and Foresst are also included on this census listing.^[3]

1934 Violet marries Clarence ricketts in February in Muscatine, Iowa.^[1]

1979 Violet retires from Thatcher Glass & Plastic Co. in Muscatine, Iowa.^[1]

Obituary

Violet Gasaway Ricketts, 88, Moline, formerly of Muscatine, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at Aspenwood Health Care Center, Silvis, Ill. Memorials may be made to Beacon of Hope Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.

Mrs. Ricketts was born Nov. 20, 1915, in Boonville, Warrick County, Ind., the daughter of Samuel Bradberry and Lula M. Kirkpatrick Gasaway. She married Clarence Ricketts in February 1934 in Muscatine.

She was employed by pearl button companies in Muscatine as a cutter, sorter and inspector. She also worked for Heinz Co., Muscatine, and later was employed by Thatcher Glass and Plastics, Muscatine, as an assembler and inspector, retiring in April 1979. She was an honorary lifetime member of the International Chemical Workers Union.

She was a past president of Park Place PTA, Muscatine, and was active in the early 1950s in getting the votes and backing to build Madison School. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, before moving to Moline in 1992 to be closer to family members. She enjoyed knitting, shopping, and visiting with friends and relatives. Survivors include three sons, Robert Ricketts and wife Theresa of Geneseo, Ill., Gary Ricketts and wife Laurie of Port Byron, Ill., and Jerry Ricketts and wife Lori of White House, Texas; two daughters, Roberta Callahan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Joyce Goodale of Shawnee, Kan.; 13 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Everett Eugene Ricketts; a grandson, Ronald E. Ricketts; seven brothers; and five sisters.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ralph J. Wittich Riley Freers Funeral Home. Violet Gasaway Ricketts obituary : accessed on 16 Nov 2015 by J. Ricketts
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGL-MFS : accessed 16 November 2015), Violet R Gazaway in household of Sam Gazaway, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,588.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF7-3DM : accessed 4 March 2020), Violet Gasaway in household of Lula Gasaway, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 8B, line 64, family 193, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 768; FHL microfilm 2,340,503.

See also:

• The Dispatch (17 Nov 2004); Moline , Illinois

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW4-NRH8 : 21 July 2016), Mrs Violet Robbie Gasaway Ricketts, Iowa, United States, 16 Nov 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Quad-City Times, The, born-digital text.

• Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Repository: https://www.familysearch.org Type: Death Index Publication: FamilySearch: (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed September 14, 2011) Title: U.S. Social Security Death Index database Page: Number: 484-07-9067; Issue State: Iowa; Issue Date: Before 1951.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 March 2020), memorial page for Violet Robbie Gasaway Ricketts (20 Nov 1915–14 Nov 2004), Find A Grave: Memorial #140924071, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Witmer (contributor 47935225) .