OBITUARY: Carol Ann (White) Arickx, 1942-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 
 
Original version posted on www.mcpress.com -  Aug. 24, 2005   




                              Carol Arickx

Memorial services for Carol Ann (White) Arickx, age 63, of St. Ansgar, Iowa,
wwere held on Friday, August 26, 2005, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home
in Osage, Iowa, with Rev. Paul Birkedal officiating. Inurnment will be in
the Oak Grove Cemetery at Mitchell, Iowa.

Carol Ann (White) Arickx, age 63, of St. Ansgar, died Monday August 22,
2005, at the Muse-Norris Hospice in Mason City, concluding a courageous
seven-year battle with cancer.

Carol was born May 6, 1942, the daughter of Everett and Ferne (Bowen) White.
She grew up in Rock Falls, Iowa, with the family moving in 1954 to Mitchell,
Iowa. She attended school in Mitchell, and graduated from Osage High School
in 1960.

Carol married Raymond Arickx, Jr., on April 20, 1963. Together, the couple
raised three children from their home in Mitchell. Carol excelled in
teaching her children the value of family while maintaining a sense of
individuality and privacy. Carol enjoyed making crafts for her loved ones,
and these gifts have become treasured heirlooms to their recipients. She
took great pleasure in watching her grandchildren grow.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, an infant sister at birth, a
niece, her father-in-law, and two brothers-in-law.

Carol is survived by her husband, Ray Arickx of St. Ansgar, Iowa; a daughter,
Angela Arickx of St. Ansgar, Iowa; two sons, Paul Arickx, his wife, Kelly,
their children, Emma, Samuel, Sadie, and Margaret of Nora Springs, Iowa;
Dan Arickx, his wife, Dawn, their children, Sydney, Madison, and Makenna of
Rock Falls, Illinois; siblings, Lucy (Dale) Jackson; Margaret (Mike)
Byington; Don (Novella) White; Janice (Don) Abrahamson; Jim (Sharon) White;
mother-in-law, Juanita Arickx; and a multitude of in-laws, cousins, nieces,
nephews, and friends.

The Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa, was in charge of arrangements.



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