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 Vivian
Fricke
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[March
31, 2008]
Vivian
Wise Fricke, 88, of Lincoln, died Saturday,
March 29, 2008, at 6:12 a.m. at Christian
Village Nursing Home.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
at the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln,
with Ryan Edgecombe and the Rev. Jame Hahs
officiating. |
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Burial will be in Diamond Grove Cemetery,
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Fricke was a retired elementary teacher.
She taught at Butler School in Springfield from
1941 to 1945 and at West Lincoln School from
1965 to 1985. She was also a funeral director
and owner of Fricke Funeral Home in Lincoln and
Mount Pulaski from 1952 to 1981.
She was born April 27, 1919, at Boody to
Charles Everett and Mary K. Knapp Wise. She
married Armin E. Fricke on June 30, 1946, at
Jacksonville. He preceded her in death Jan. 19,
1986.
She is survived by two sons and four
daughters, Pamela (and Roy) Erickson of
Tallahassee, Fla., Mari Jo (and Dr. Don) Baker
of Morton, Chuck (and Penny) Fricke of Mount
Pulaski, Fritzie Klockenga of Dunlap, Richard
William "Bill" Fricke of Mount Pulaski and Mindy
(and Mark) Leith of Lincoln; 13 grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother, Jack Wise; one sister, Helen Johnson;
and one daughter-in-law, Kris Lessen Fricke. She
was the last of her immediate family. |
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Lincoln and the Ruth Circle
of the church, Lincoln Eastern Star and White
Shrine, Lincoln Woman's Club, Zonta, Monday
Women's Bridge Club, Round Robin Card Club,
Illinois Retired Teachers Association, Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and Lorette Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi.
Memorials may be made to Christian Village
Congregate Ministries, Memorial Home Services
Hospice and First United Methodist Church of
Lincoln.
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