Mae P. Rickart

Mae Pearl Rickart, 105, passed away Sunday morning, July 13, 2008 at the Dunaway Manor.

The daughter of Carrie (Fortine) and John Simmons, she was born February 5, 1903 in Oxnard, California. She worked as a telephone operator in California before her marriage to Baston B. Rickart on April 18, 1936 in Yuma, Arizona. The young couple made their home in Kansas for several years, farming south of Rolla until moving into Rolla in the late 1940's. They then moved to Guymon in 1950. Baston and Mae enjoyed traveling throughout the United States. Mae was a longtime member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. She had made her home at the Dunaway Manor for the past several years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Baston Rickart who passed away in 1965 and a sister, Olga Wenzin.

Survivors include nephews, Rick Hanson, Noel Hanson, Mike Robinett and Curtis Rickart and their families; and special friend, Johnny Garrison of Guymon.

Funeral services will be Thursday morning, July 17th at 10:00 A.M. at the Henson-Novak Funeral Chapel with Father Floyd Daharsh, pastor of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery.

Memorials may be designated to the No Man's Land Senior Citizen Center, c/o Henson-Novak Funeral Directors, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942. Please sign our online guestbook at ww.hensonnovak.com.