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Linda D Westfall Rickson

Female 1947 - 2011  (63 years)


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  • Name Linda D Westfall Rickson 
    Born 30 Aug 1947  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Jul 2011  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 14 Jul 2011  Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6027  Rossville
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2017 

    Father John Merritt Westfall, Jr.,   d. 25 Feb 1997 
    Mother Donna Elizabeth Spencer Westfall,   b. 8 Dec 1928, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 2003, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1948  Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jack Rickson 
    Married 23 Nov 1966  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced YES 
    Children 
     1. Wendi Rene Rickson Horak
     2. James Earl Rickson
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2017 11:22:07 
    Family ID F3943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 14 Jul 2011 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Rickson, Linda
    Obituary- Rickson, Linda

    Linda D. Rickson
    Linda D. (Westfall) Rickson, 63, of Topeka, passed away July 10, 2011, in Topeka. She was born Aug. 30, 1947, in Topeka, the daughter of John W. and Donna (Spencer) Westfall. She graduated from Topeka High School.

    She married Jack Rickson Nov. 23, 1966 in Topeka; they divorced but remained friends. She worked for Southwestern Bell in Topeka as an equipment engineer manager, retiring after 26 years. Linda then attended Fort Scott Cosmetology School in 1994 and worked as a nail technician at Urban Salon in Topeka. She was a former member of the Mayetta Order of the Eastern Star and ABWA where she earned the Woman of the Year award. She was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers and also a member of the Citizen Band Potawatomie tribe.

    She is survived by a son, Jim Rickson and wife Darci; a daughter, Wendi Horak and husband Terry, two brothers, Samuel Westfall and Michael Westfall and his wife, Marcella, and a sister, Pamela Rohr and husband David, all of Topeka. She will be dearly missed by her seven grandchildren, Chelsea, Thatcher, Tucker, Dalton, Torrey, Davin and Tayson.

    Funeral services were July 14 at Silver Lake United Methodist Church. Interment was at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Silver Lake. Memorials may be made to Midland Hospice Care or St. Francis Cancer Center.