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Richard Rickels
RICHARD RICKELS
Anamosa
Richard Rickels, 88, died Friday, March 11, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospice following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 10:30 Tuesday morning, March 15, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa, where friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Katie Lowe Landcaster will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa.
Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
Surviving are his wife, Deloris; a daughter, LeeAnna (Todd) Boone, Anamosa; three grandchildren, Becky, Megan and Ethan; and his dog, Fred.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Leischen Robertson.
Richard Lee Rickels was born Nov. 2, 1927, in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Henry and Anna Boner Rickels. Dick attended Cass Center Schools. He then started farming in the Anamosa area. He served two years in the U.S. Army and then returned to farming near Anamosa. Dick married Deloris Osterkamp on Dec. 29, 1957, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa. Dick continued to farm. He also built spec-houses in the Anamosa area. In more recent years, his farming was a five-acre truck garden known as the BM&E Pumpkin Patch. He was known far and wide for the produce he grew. His ponies and horses were his hobby. He always enjoyed bringing them to the Fourth of July parade.
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