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Esther S. Rickels (1932-2018)

RICKELS, HARDIN, HANSON, CAMPBELL, SCHWENKER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/24/2018 at 13:26:50

Esther S. Rickels, 86, of Oxford Junction, and formerly of Baldwin, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday morning, August 22, 2018, at Mechanicsville Specialty Care in Mechanicsville, Iowa.

A celebration of Esther's life will be held at 10 A.M., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 9 A.M. until service time on Saturday. Burial will be at the Monmouth, Iowa Cemetery.

Esther Shirley Hanson was born on May 30, 1932 in Jackson County, Iowa, to Robert Willis and Neoma Lueille (Hardin) Hanson. Esther married Earl Campbell and they farmed in the Fulton area. Later, she married Jack Schwenker and they lived in Baldwin. She had worked retail at Schublin's and Disney's Shoe Barn in Maquoketa. In her later years she married Dean Rickels. They lived their retirement years in Oxford Junction, Iowa. She enjoyed gardening and loved her yard.

Those left to honor Esther's memory include her children, Allen Campbell of Andrew, IA, Bill (Christy) Campbell of Oxford Junction, IA, and John (Sherry) Campbell of Maquoketa, IA; 9 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren; a brother Richard "Dick" (Janet) Hanson of Maquoketa, IA; and a sister Mary (Sam) Caven of Baldwin, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Dean Rickels, a brother and sister-in-law Marvin and Ellen Hanson, a sister-in-law Lois Hanson, and two grandchildren, Taylor Jo Crist and Zach Campbell.

In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, an Esther S. Rickels memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.


 

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