Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rickle, Arthur L. 2006
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Greenville Daily News, 14 Jan 2006

Arthur L. Rickle, 79, of Greenville, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 13, 2006,
at Metron of Greenville.  The son of Leo Kirk and Margaret Agnes Loveland
Rickle, he was born on June 7, 1926, in Belding.  A veteran of World War II, he
served with the U.S. Navy and helped liberate the Philippine Islands.  On Sept.
12, 1945, at her parent’s home, he married the former Betty Jean Emmons.  Art
worked as an asphalt plant manager for most of his life and enjoyed the
outdoors, especially fishing, hunting, and gardening.  He was also a skilled
woodworker and liked to putter in the garage.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Lilly Mae Davis and
Dorothy Cavanaugh.  Surviving are his wife of more than 60 years, Betty Rickle;
a daughter, Linda Bitner; two sons and daughters-in-law, Randall L. and Cheryl
Rickle, and Kevin A. and Kendra Rickle, all of Greenville; eight grandchildren,
Lisa Tabor, Lori Johnson, Heather White, Holly Bitner, Nathan Rickle, Joseph
Rickle, Tara Rickle, and Bryce Rickle; eleven great-grandchildren, Amanda Cass,
Jonae Tabor, Desiree Bitner, Kaleb White, Trey Chapin, Cameron Patrick Misner,
Aaron Arthur Rickle, Aiden Jay Rickle, Owen James Rickle, and Dylan McCoy; a
sister-in-law, Eleanor Gallagher of Greenville; a brother-in-law, Bob Emmons of
Greenville and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are at 2 p.m. on Monday at Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral
Home, 511 S. Franklin Street, Greenville, with the Rev. Ken Harger, pastor of
Shiloh Community Church, officiating.  Burial will follow privately at Rest
Haven Memory Gardens, Belding.  Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.  Envelopes
for memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association will be
available at the funeral home.


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