El Reno American
Nov. 15, 1934
MRS. RICKER PASSES AWAY---Pioneer Citizen of El Reno Was Active in Church and
Society. Another pioneer citizen of El Reno stepped out of the rapidly
thinning ranks Tuesday, when Mrs. H. K. Ricker, who came to El Reno with her
husband on the first passenger train to come into the city, in January,1890,
passed away after a brief illness. Mrs. Helen McGregor Ricker was
born in Harrison county, Mo., September 28, 1860, being 74 years of age at the
time of her death. She spent the first 12 years of her life at Des Moines,
Iowa., moving from there to Pierce City, Mo., and later to Atoka, Okla., and to
St. Joseph, Mo. At the latter place she was untied in marriage to Mr. Ricker in
1886. To this union was born a son, Glen M. Ricker, who is associated with
his father in the abstract business here. During her residence of 44 years
in El Reno, Mrs. Ricker has been active in church, cultural and social
enterprises. She untied with the Baptist church in 1900, and served as Sunday
school teacher for 23 years and president of the
Ladies Aid Society for several years. She was the oldest living member and
past-president of the Athenaeum club, which she joined in 1900. She was
noted here for her artistic talent, and has left many mementoes of her ability
in the form of paintings and hand-decorated china and pottery. A memorial
picture in the baptistery of the Baptist church was painted in her 72nd
year. Survivors include the husband, son, two grandchildren, Helen Lou
and John Henry Ricker, a sister, Mrs. J. S. Warren of Tulsa, and a brother C. H.
McGregor of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services were conducted Thursday
morning from the Baptist church here by Rev. J. W. Hodges, assisted by Rev. H.
B. Wilhoyte, Interment was made in the El Reno cemetery by the side of the
parents of the deceased.
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