Submitted by: Dan Rich

Harold Devon Ricker

Aug. 14, 1933 - May 22, 1998

South Bend Tribune 5/31/1998

Harold Devon Ricker, 64, passed away after an extended illness on Friday, May 22, at Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on Aug. 14, 1933, in South Bend, Ind. He graduated from LaPaz (Ind.) High School and served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1960.

A member of Moose Lodge 741 since 1959, Harold was an avid bowler, golfer and Notre Dame fan. He moved to Fairfield, Ohio in 1972 and was a supervisor at Stanford Textile, Cincinnati, where he retired in December 1992.

Harold was a devoted husband and father. He is loved and will be forever missed by: wife, Sandy; sons, Brian of Manchester, Ind. and Jay of Cincinnati; daughter, Kerri of Fairfield, Ohio; mother, Marie of Plymouth, Ind.; sisters, Doris Fay of Portage, Ind., Imogene Lute of Plymouth, Ind., and Kathy Conner (Mize) of Issaquah, Wash; brother, Maynard (Colleen) of South Bend; father-in-law and mother-in-law, O.W. and Margaret Capshaw of Manchester, Tenn.; and brother-in-law, David Zeitz of St. Petersburg, Fla. He leaves nieces, nephews and many caring and loving friends.

Harold joins in heaven with his father, Roy; a niece, Susan; and brother-in-law, Bill. Harold attended the Millville Avenue Church of God.