RICKETTS, Ople Elders - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

COVINGTON, Ind. (CNS) - Mrs. Ople M. Ricketts, 75, a resident of Danville Route 5 for the past 33 years, died at 5:40 a.m. Monday (July 19, 1971) at the Care Nursing Home in Danville. She had been ill four months. Born Sept. 9, 1895, in Vermilion County, she was the daughter of Frank and Anna Loring Elders. She was married May 12, 1928, to Albert C. Ricketts, who survives. Mrs. Ricketts had been a school teacher for several years at the old Lamb School in Vermilion County and had formerly resided in the Foster area. She also had been employed at the State Line Bank for several years and with the Military Insurance Department in Washington, D.C. She was a life member of the State Line Christian Church. Survivors also include a sister, Mrs. Elsie L. Breezely of Danville; and several nieces and nephews. The body is at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.   ---waw