Louisa Ricks(1) was born about
1824. She died on 20 Mar 1862. Parents: John W. Ricks
and Louisa Stonemetz.She was married to Burrel B. Lea on 18 Oct 1842.
Samuel
H. Ricks(1) was born on 5 Feb 1833.
He died in 1892 in El Paso, TX. Parents: John W. Ricks
and Louisa Stonemetz.He was married to Ruth Crawford.
Susan
Ricks(1) was born on 20 Sep 1826.
She died on 23 Jul 1900 in Neoga, IL. Parents: John
W. Ricks and Louisa Stonemetz.She was married to Hiram Carr on 21 Jun 1846.
Thomas
Ricks(1) died before 1839.He was married to Elizabeth Kyler on 6 Jun 1830 in Perry Co., IN.
Thomas
Ricks(1) Parents:
Christopher Ricks and Dinah Hayes.He was married to Eleanor Marshall. Children were: John W. Ricks, Thomas Ricks.
Thomas
Ricks(1) Parents:
Thomas Ricks and Eleanor Marshall. Thomas
Ricks(1) was born on 1 Mar 1831. He
died in 1863.(1) Died in the wreck of
the Schooner Dashaway, while returning to Oregon from a trip to Rome, IN. Parents:
John W. Ricks and Louisa
Stonemetz.He was married to Ada Parker.
William
B. Ricks(1) was born about 1823. He
died in 1850 in New Orleans, LA. Parents: John W. Ricks
and Louisa Stonemetz.He was married to Eliza Thompson on 20 Sep 1846.
Elizabeth
Avo Riddle (photo) was born on 14 Dec 1893 in
Union Co., KY, USA. She died on 6 Apr 1995 in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY. She
was buried on 10 Apr 1995 in Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, KY.
Obituary of Elizabeth (Riddle) Gordon Bruner:
"Elizabeth Gordon Bruner, 101, of 718 East 20th St., Owensboro, KY, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at her home. She was born in Union County, a daughter of Henry Fairfax Riddle and Ida Kate Hopgood Riddle, the oldest of eight children. She graduated from Owensboro City Hospital School of Nursing in 1919, was a registered nurse and retired as a private duty nurse in 1975. She was a member of the first Christian Church. Her first husband, Forrest K. Gordon, Sr., died in 1954, and her second husband, Frank Bruner, died in 1981. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Forrest K. Gordon Jr. in 1943 and Thomas R. Gordon in 1961. Survivors include two sons, George M. Gordon and Ernest Barr Gordon, both of Owensboro; a stepson, Wayne Gordon of Owensboro; two stepdaughters, Edith Gordon Miles of Ashville, NC, and Dorothy Gordon Knuth of Kissimmee, FL; 10 grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; 24 step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Kelsey B. Riddle of Evansville, IN; a sister, Lona Omer of Sturgis, KY. Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at James H. Davis Funeral Home. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until services Monday at the funeral home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund, 701 Daviess St., Owensboro, KY 42303. Memorial contribution envelopes are available at the funeral home."
Parents: Henry Fairfax Riddle and Ida Kate Hopgood.
She was married to Forrest Kyler Gordon on 5 Jul 1921 in Dawson Springs, KY, USA. Children were: Forrest Kyler Gordon Jr., Thomas Riddle Gordon , Ernest Barr Gordon, Kathryn Elizabeth Gordon, George Miller Gordon.
Henry
Fairfax RiddleHe was married to Ida Kate Hopgood . Children were: Elizabeth Avo Riddle.
Howard
Wade Jr. Riley was born.He was married to Janet Knox Field.
Carl
Adelbert Rinckey(13)
(11) was born on 6 Aug 1905 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died on 30
Aug 1982 in St. Johns, Clinton Co., Michigan. Parents:
Jason Aden Rinckey and Ada Elizabeth Gonser.
Dora
Rinckey(11) was born in 1869. Parents:
Frederick William Rinckey and
Ruth Anna Mosier.She was married to Harvey Loucks .
Duane
Ludwig Rinckey (photo) was born on 10 Aug 1935 in
Bellaire, Antrim Co., MI. He died on 22 Feb 1988 in Shepherd, MI, USA. He was
cremated on 24 Feb 1988 in Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA. He was buried in Cedar River,
Antrim Co., MI. The following is the obituary of Duane L. Rinckey as published
in the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Morning Sun newspaper on February 24, 1988:
"Duane L. Rinckey, 52, of Shepherd died Monday Feb. 22, 1988, at his home
No funeral service is scheduled. Memorials may be made to the Duane L. Rinckey
Scholarship Fund at Shepherd High School, Hospice of Central Michigan, or the Isabella County Humane Society Building Fund. Envelopes are available at the Shepherd High School or at the Berry Funeral Home in Shepherd.
"Mr. Rinckey was born Aug. 10, 1935 in Traverse City to James and Olive Rinckey. He attended Bellaire Public Schools and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1957. He earned Master of Arts degrees from Central Michigan University in 1963 and 1969. He was a teacher in the Shepherd Public Schools for 25 years. He coached basketball from 1964 to 1976 and 1982 to 1987. In 1970 he was named Track Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Coaches Association. Before moving to Shepherd he was a teacher and coach in the DeTour Village school system. Mr. Rinckey is survived by his wife, Barbara; a sister, Norma Rowe of Slidell, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother."
His remains were cremated and his ashes were sprinkled in the Cedar River, which he loved to view and fish, near Bellaire, MI. He was called by the nickname "Skeeter" by all who knew him well. He was a true sportsman and loved to hunt and fish. He had no children. Parents: James Aden Rinckey and Olive May Ludwig.
He was married to Barbara Buckwheat on 10 Oct 1959 in Mancelona, Antrim Co., MI.
Erva
Edwin Rinckey(13)
(11) was born on 14 Jan 1916 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died on 27
Jul 1979 in Grand Rapids, MI, USA. Parents: Jason Aden
Rinckey and Ada Elizabeth Gonser. Frederick
William Rinckey(43) was born in 1830.
(11) He died in 1908 in Carson City, MI, USA.
Frederick W. Rinckey's last name may have been spelled "Rienke." It is said that he was born "on the Rhine" river in Germany.
He was married to Ruth Anna Mosier in 1868. (11) Children were: Dora Rinckey, James Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey, Jason Aden Rinckey , Lena Leota Rinckey.
Frederick
William Jason Rinckey(11) was born
on 2 Nov 1896 in Michigan. He died in Jul 1967 in Florida. Parents:
Jason Aden Rinckey and Ada Elizabeth Gonser.
Hearold
(Harold?) Leland Rinckey(11) was born
on 6 Jun 1915 in Temple, MI. He died on 1 Dec 1988 in Lake City, MI. Parents:
James Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey and
Eva Bell Tingley.He was married to Mayme Spencer .
James
Aden Rinckey(13)
(11) (photo) was born on 6 May 1899 in Carson
City, MI, USA. He died on 23 Sep 1965 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. He was
buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire, Antrim Co., MI.
The following biography was written by Ernest P. Rowe, Jr., July 1996.
I know very little about James Aden Rinckey's years prior to my becoming his son-in-law except what I had been told by him or my wife, Norma, who was the first of his three children. When we first met after my marriage, he and his family were living in the Village of Bellaire, Michigan a resort and tourist community in the heart of the Chain-O-Lakes area north of Traverse City, MI. He was known simply as "Jim" by all the natives, summer residents and tourists who knew him. He owned and operated "Jim's Place," a popular sporting goods and package liquor store located at the curve on Hwy M-88 at the eastern village limits. He was a sportsman who loved to fly fish and hunt, and enjoyed baseball, although his seasonal business restricted those activities. The fishing editor of Fur, Fish & Game magazine, Ben Robinson, became a close friend of Jim's and wrote several feature articles in the magazine about his fly fishing experiences with Jim.
Jim had been employed by the Fischer Body Division of General Motors in Lansing, MI, before moving to Bellaire during the "Great Depression" years, probably in the early 1930's, since Norma was born in Lansing in January 1929. Upon moving to Bellaire, they lived at the home of his wife's parents, Fred and Maude Ludwig, until he built the family home next to his place of business. He worked for some period of time for the Public Works Administration (PWA), an agency of the U.S. Government created in 1933 to create jobs by the construction of roads, buildings, dams and other projects. Prior to World War II, Jim bought a Sinclair gas station which, I believe, also had a small cafe or diner. Shortly after taking over that business, he closed the diner and started selling fishing tackle and live bait. That change proved profitable and he added a larger stock of various types of sporting goods and equipment, and became a franchised dealer of Johnson outboard motors. He also obtained a license to sell package liquor and, except for a drug store in Alden, MI which maintained only a limited stock, Jim's Place was the only package liquor dealer in Antrim County.
During World War II and the period of gasoline rationing, Jim obtained a taxi license and, using the family car, began providing taxi service to the summer residents and tourists arriving by train who otherwise would have had no transportation. After the war he quit selling gasoline and devoted total effort to the seasonal, but more profitable, sporting goods, bait and tackle, and the sales, rental and service of outboard motors. He relied on the state controlled income from package liquor sales to pay the year around operating and overhead expenses. Jim's Place became a very popular place to the summer residents, vacationers, and weekend sportsmen as well as many of the natives. Most of the area resorts and rental cottage owners furnished fishing boats for their guests, but they sent their guests to Jim's Place to rent small fishing motors. Jim could provide not only the fishing and hunting equipment, and the beverages of choice, but also helpful information on where, when, and how to catch fish or find other game.
Early one cold winter morning in about 1950, the store building caught fire apparently from a heater in the area of the minnow tanks. The Bellaire Volunteer Fire Dept. responded with their small truck with a limited supply of water. They connected a hose to the village fire hydrant nearby for water but it was frozen. Fire departments were dispatched from neighboring villages but by the time they were finally able to get water, the building was totally ablaze and there was nothing that could be done to save it. Typically of Jim, he went right to work on a plan to rebuild and within a few months a new store building was completed and ready for business.
Jim was an amazing person. His formal education was limited to elementary school but that was not to hold him back from setting and achieving his goals. He could communicate and deal with top level corporate executives as easily as he could his neighbor, or even the village deaf mute, John Dolotta. He was very industrious and innovative. His idea of drilling an indoor water well in the shop and bait wing of the new building was unique and very successful. The well was protected from freezing temperatures, the water pipes were routed through the fishing worm beds to provide moisture from condensation and cooling, then to the minnow tanks. His acquisition of the head waters of a stream for a wealthy summer resident and the design and building of a trout pond on that stream was a real accomplishment, particularly the design of the tube and baffle system that caused the water from the bottom of the pond to go up and over a baffle to exit through the dam. That system assured fresh water at all depths of the pond and a more ideal water temperature.
Jim was active in civic affairs of the community and, at times, quite outspoken about his position on civic issues. When the owner of a flying service that had operated the small Bellaire airport moved to Alaska, Jim, who had never flown in his life, was named as airport manager to allow the airport to remain approved as an emergency facility. In doing so, he was instrumental in getting Lamina Dies & Tools of Mt. Clemens, MI, to take over the facilities and establish a new manufacturing plant at that location. He was also instrumental in getting Shanty Creek Lodge, a successful year around skiing and recreational resort, to locate on property just SE of Bellaire.
He purchased about a quarter mile of frontage on a county road just east of the store that ran beside Craven Park and Bellaire Trout Pond and during the slow winter seasons he designed and built several houses on that property which he sold and financed himself. His successful goal in building and selling these homes was to provide a retirement income. He and his wife moved into the last house that he built.
I do not recall when Jim sold the business and retired, but I believe it was about a year before his wife, Olive, died in 1962. Jim died of cancer in 1965 at Osteopathic Hospital, Traverse City, MI. He remained a resident of Bellaire, MI. until his death. Parents: Jason Aden Rinckey and Ada Elizabeth Gonser.
He was married to Olive May Ludwig on 16 Jul 1922 in Lansing, Ingham Co., MI. Both Jim and Olive Rinckey were avid bowlers, as were many of the year-round residents of Antrim County and other northerm Michigan areas. Bowling was an ideal indoor recreation during the off-season winter months. I don't know all of the many trophys either of them received, but we still have two handsome trophys that Jim received as a member of the team that won the Michigan State Bowlers Assn. Five Men Championship, Handicap Division in 1953 and 1957. Children were: Norma Lou Rinckey, Ronald Eugene Rinckey, Duane Ludwig Rinckey.
James
Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey(11) was born
on 22 Jul 1873. He died on 26 Mar 1952 in Star City, MI. Parents:
Frederick William Rinckey and Ruth Anna Mosier
.He was married to Eva Bell Tingley on 17 Mar 1895. Children were: William Arthur Rinckey, Shirley Viola Rinckey, Jason Edward Rinckey, John Frederick Rinckey, Hearold (Harold?) Leland Rinckey, Marion Rinckey .
Jason
Rinckey was born on 19 Feb 1901 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died in Sep
1963. Parents: Jason Aden Rinckey and
Ada Elizabeth Gonser. Jason
Aden Rinckey(43)
(photo) was born on 14 Dec 1875 in Clinton Co., MI, USA. He died on 16 Jan
1965 in Carson City, MI, USA. He was buried in Bloomer Cemetery, Carson City,
MI.
He is probably buried in Bloomer Center Cemetery, Carson City, MI, since his wife was buried there two years later. Parents: Frederick William Rinckey and Ruth Anna Mosier.
He was married to Ada Elizabeth Gonser on 21 Jul 1895. Children were: Frederick William Jason Rinckey, James Aden Rinckey, Jason Rinckey, Carl Adelbert Rinckey, Vern Iven Rinckey, Lawson Kenneth Rinckey, Erva Edwin Rinckey, Mervyn Howard Rinckey.
Jason
Edward Rinckey(11) was born on 19
Feb 1901 in Carson City, MI. He died in Lake City, MI. Parents:
James Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey and Eva Bell Tingley
.He was married to Mildred Eargood.
John
Frederick Rinckey (Private). Parents: James Arther
(Arthur?) Rinckey and Eva Bell Tingley.He was married to Eva Jenkins on 24 Jul 1931.
Lawson
Kenneth Rinckey(13)
(11) was born on 18 Jan 1912 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died on 2
Jul 1971 in North Plains, Ionia Co., MI. Parents: Jason
Aden Rinckey and Ada Elizabeth Gonser.He was married to Maxine.
Lena
Leota Rinckey(11) was born in 1879.
Parents: Frederick William Rinckey and
Ruth Anna Mosier.She was married to Richard Eastmant .
Marion
Rinckey (Private). Parents: James Arther (Arthur?)
Rinckey and Eva Bell Tingley.She was married to Aldon Sunderland.
Mervyn
Howard Rinckey (Private). Parents: Jason Aden Rinckey
and Ada Elizabeth Gonser. Norma
Lou Rinckey(13)
(photo) was born on 5 Jan 1929 in Lansing, Ingham Co., MI. She died on 14
Jun 1992 in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, LA. She was buried on 16 Jun 1992 in
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell, LA.
Her parents moved from Lansing to Bellaire, Michigan while she was very young. She entered school at Bellaire Elementary School and graduated from Bellaire High School as Valedictorian of the Class of 1946. Attended the University of Michigan for one year and was working for a grain brokerage firm in Chicago, IL when she met her husband who was attending school in Chicago. She was a dedicated and family oriented mother, loved to meet people and was a good organizer. She was very active in the school PTA's and held several elective offices, including District Director; was co-founder and 1st President of the Slidell Women's Republican Club; was twice a delegate to the Republican state convention; and was equally active in other civic organizations. She became a licensed real estate agent shortly after moving to Louisiana and remained active in that field until she accepted a position as a Deputy Tax Assessor for St. Tammany Parish, LA, a position she held until her death. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell, LA.
The following is the text from the obituary of Norma Rowe as published, with her picture, on the front page of the Slidell Sentry-News on Tuesday, June 16, 1992:
"SLIDELLIAN ROWE ACTIVE WITH BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS
By Kevin Cheri, Managing Editor
"SLIDELL -- Norma Rowe, an active Slidellian in numerous organizations and benefit groups, died on Sunday. June 14. 1992 when she collapsed as she was getting to church. She was 63 years of age.
"A native of Bellaire. Michigan, Rowe had resided in Slidell since 1965 and was active in numerous organizations. She was very active with the Slidell Women's Republican Club. helping form the local group with other women, then serving on the National Advisory Committee, while representing the area at the 1984 National Convention and serving on the Executive Committee in 1970. She was a former chairperson of the Slidell Energy Team and was honored with a national award presented by the Secretary of Transportation. Rowe was the St. Tammany Parish director of the census in 1970 and was also very active in the Slidell Little Theater, the Showcase of Talents, local youth sports, area PTA groups and was co-founder of the Fountain Estates Homeowners Association. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church and active with the St. Tammany Parish Toys for Tots.
"Professionally, she was well known in the parish as a real estate agent for 10 years, working with Gus Baldwin, Waguespack-Pratt and Latter and Blum, while she was the Deputy Assessor for St. Tammany Parish for 12 years. She also worked a short time as a substitute teacher.
"She was the wife of Ernest P. Rowe of Slidell; mother of Barbara R. Williams of Slidell, Patricia R. Ganer of Houston, Tx., Kathryn R. Overkamp of Conroe, Tx., Marjorie R. Ader of Conifer, Co., Carol A. Rowe of Shreveport, Rebecca R. Darby of Slidell and Richard P. Rowe of Slidell. Also, the daughter of the late James A. and Olive Ludwig Rinckey; sister of the late Ronald and Duane Rinckey; and survived by 13 grandchildren.
"Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. services from Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. West, (in Forest Lawn Cemetery) in Slidell on Tuesday, June 16 at 11 a.m. Rev. Joe McClain, Pastor, First United Methodist Church, will officiate, with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held this morning after 9 a.m. until funeral time."
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Marjorie Ader's final letter to her Mom
Margie and Bob Ader and daughters, Lauren and Hayley, had just come to Slidell from Conifer, CO, when her mother, Norma Lou (Rinckey) Rowe, died suddenly on Sunday, June 14, 1992. Just before the funeral Margie had handwritten a letter to her Mom, which she read to her mother at the service. The letter read as follows:
Dear Mom,
I miss you, Mom. I wish you were here.
Our visit was cut too short. But, they were all too short.
How could I begin to tell you what is on my mind today? You should be here for this. You loved to have all our family together. You loved having your grandchildren around you. You loved having friends over - the more the better.
Momma, you touched so many lives. You really made a difference. You didn't sit back and wait for other people to do something - you jumped right in to get things moving.
I was never very aggressive or outgoing while growing up, or even now, for that matter. But you helped me to believe in myself at times when I needed to the most. You showed me how to reach deep within myself and pull out the strength I needed to do what had to be done, or do what I wanted to do.
You gave a lot to your children and you gave up a lot for us. What we may have lacked in material things, you and Dad definitely made up for in love and unity. We have a close family and it is because of the love that you and Daddy had, and showed, for us.
My children may never know you in person but, believe me, they will know all about you.
Mom, we are all very proud of you. You've worked hard all your life.
Please be happy and rest peacefully knowing that you really made a difference.
I love you very much, Mom. We all love you. May God bless you.
Margie
Parents: James Aden Rinckey and Olive May Ludwig.
She was married to Ernest Perry Rowe Jr. on 10 Mar 1949 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Married in the Marriage Court of Cook Co., IL, by Judge Arch Bassett. Children were: Barbara Diane Rowe, Patricia Joanne Rowe, Kathryn Suzanne Rowe, Marjorie Anne Rowe, Carol Annette Rowe, Rebecca Luanne Rowe, Richard Perry Rowe II.
Ronald
Eugene Rinckey (photo) was born on 26 May 1933
in Bellaire, Antrim Co., MI. He died on 28 Jun 1950 in Bellaire, Antrim Co.,
MI. He was buried on 1 Jul 1950 in Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire, Antrim Co.,
MI.
Ronald Eugene Rinckey was the second of three children of Jim and Olive Rinckey and the first of two sons. He was called by the nickname, "Stub," but it is unknown why. He attended Bellaire High School, where he played all sports and excelled in football. He was either a recent graduate or had completed his Junior year at the time he died of injuries received in an automobile accident. "Stub" loved to hunt and fish and helped his father in the sporting goods store. He was a likable young man and seemed to have a lot of friends He is buried with his mother and father at Lakeview Cemetery in Bellaire, MI.
Parents: James Aden Rinckey and Olive May Ludwig.
Shirley
Viola Rinckey(11) was born on 10 May
1899 in Carson City, MI. She died on 9 Jun 1983 in Crystal, Montcalm Co., MI,
USA. Parents: James Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey and
Eva Bell Tingley.She was married to Vernon West.
Vern
Iven Rinckey(13)
(11) was born on 15 Mar 1908 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died in Aug
1965 in Michigan. Parents: Jason Aden Rinckey and
Ada Elizabeth Gonser. William
Arthur Rinckey(11) was born on 7 Oct
1896 in Carson City, MI, USA. He died in Jun 1971 in Lake City. MI. Parents:
James Arther (Arthur?) Rinckey and
Eva Bell Tingley.He was married to Vera Hamilton in 1922.
W.
T. Roark(9)He was married to Martha Bishop on 29 Dec 1870 in Ohio Co., KY.
Diane
Roate (Private).D. (David?)
Robbins(1) was born in 1818 in Alexandria,
VA. He died on 5 Dec 1894 in Alexandria, VA. He was buried in Trinity Church
Cemetery, Alesandria, VA. Parents: Isaac Robbins
and Mary Douglass Howell. Isaac
Robbins(1)He was married to Mary Douglass Howell on 3 Sep 1803 in Alexandria, VA. Children were: D. (David?) Robbins, Mary H. (Howell?) Robbins , Mary Frances Robbins.
Mary
Frances Robbins(1) was born on 7 May
1831 in Alexandria, VA. She died on 25 Sep 1832. Parents:
Isaac Robbins and Mary Douglass Howell. Mary
H. (Howell?) Robbins(1) died in Trinity
Church Cemetery, Alesandria, VA. Died at age 76. Parents:
Isaac Robbins and Mary Douglass Howell. Bert
Robertson Parents: Samuel Dow Robertson and
Rachel Rowe. Cecil
Robertson Parents: Samuel Dow Robertson and
Rachel Rowe. Claude
Robertson Parents: Samuel Dow Robertson and
Rachel Rowe. Samuel
Dow RobertsonHe was married to Rachel Rowe . Children were: Claude Robertson, Bert Robertson, Cecil Robertson.
Robinson
He was married to Priscilla Webb.
Robinson
(4)He was married to Unknown Ashby before 1797.
Alma
Roeder(9) Parents:
John W. Roeder and Minnie Lee Rowe.She was married to Johnson.
Anna
Bell Roeder(9) Parents:
John W. Roeder and Minnie Lee Rowe.She was married to Thomas Johnson.
Carrie
Roeder(9) Parents:
John W. Roeder and Minnie Lee Rowe.She was married to Birch Martin.
Cecil
Roeder(9) Parents:
John W. Roeder and Minnie Lee Rowe.He was married to Rev. DeHart.
Ellis
Roeder(9) was born on 29 Aug 1907.
He died on 5 Jun 1973. Parents: John W. Roeder
and Minnie Lee Rowe.
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