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James Lee “Jim” Rickerson

Birth	:	12 Dec 1934 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	1 Mar 2021
Burial	:	Memorial Park Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.6672700, -95.4426700
Description	:	Appeared in The Humboldt Union, Thursday, March 11, 2021 James L. Rickerson James "Jim" Rickerson died Monday, March 1, 2021. He was 86. He was born n Wichita, Dec. 12, 1934, the fifth son of Mamie and Charles Rickerson, of Butler County. He attended rural grade school in Butler County. He then attended Towanda High School for two and a half years. In 1950, his parents purchased farms in Woodson County, he then finished school in Humboldt, where he graduated in 1952. He met and married the lovely Norma Blake later that year. He went... Read More	Appeared in The Humboldt Union, Thursday, March 11, 2021 James L. Rickerson James "Jim" Rickerson died Monday, March 1, 2021. He was 86. He was born n Wichita, Dec. 12, 1934, the fifth son of Mamie and Charles Rickerson, of Butler County. He attended rural grade school in Butler County. He then attended Towanda High School for two and a half years. In 1950, his parents purchased farms in Woodson County, he then finished school in Humboldt, where he graduated in 1952. He met and married the lovely Norma Blake later that year. He went to work drilling on an oil drilling rig in eastern Kansas by night and helping his father on the farm by day until 1954, at which time he took a position as an electric lineman with the City of Chanute. He received several promotions and worked there until 1964. during this time, due to low wages, he always worked part time at laying carpet, tile, driving a cab, or any other trade to supplement his income. During these years, he and Norma had seven children, James Lee, Brenda, Russel, James, Christine, Cathy, and Kendall. In 1964, he accepted a position as a foreman in Electric Line Construction in El Dorado, rebuilding systems all over the tri-state area. In this same time period, he built a 33-unit mobile home park with storage units and laundry. In 1970, he started his own electric business doing construction for cities and oil companies, such as City Service Oil, Gulf Oil, and cities all over Kansas and Oklahoma and several REA Companies. In 1980, he built a car wash and rental storage bulding. In 1985, due to a fall in oil prices and high interest rates, construction work came to a halt. In 1987 after closing the business, he took a job at the City of Osawatomie, as city director of utilities, rebuilding their electric systeems, overseeing the operation of the power plant, water plant, sewer plant systems and street projects, plus many other duties. In early 1990, he was asked to take the city management position aong with his other duties which he did, until retirement in the fall of 1996. He loved building homes, so in 2003, he built their retirement home in rural Lane where he spent a lot of time fishing with his wife Norma and their grandchildren. In 2005, he and his son Russel started developing some oil leases in Allen County, which continued until he reached 80 years of age, at which he officially retired. His hobbies included fished, hunting, bowling and oil production. He is survived by his brothers, Bob of Saint Paul, and Max, of Chanute; sisters Barbara, of Chanute, Shirley, of Andover, Paulene, of Ossawatomie, and Sue, of Humboldt; sons Russel of Rantoul, Kendall, of Gardner; daughters Christine, of Montrose, MO, Brenda, of Wichita, Cathy of Wichita; 16 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Preceeding him in death were his parents Mamie and Charles Rickerson; brothers Don, Dean, and Jean; sisters Unise, Dorris, and Betty; his wife Norma; infant son James Lee; and son James Allen.

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Latitude: 37.6672700
Longitude: -95.4426700

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Manuel Rickerson

(1898 - 1987)

Mamie Mitchell Rickerson

(1901 - 1986)

Spouse

Norma Rickerson

(unknow - 2018)

Siblings

Russell Dean “Dean” Rickerson

(1923 - 2008)

Betty Jo Reed

(1932 - 2018)

Children

James Lee Rickerson Jr.

(unknow - 1955)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Memorial Park Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6672700, -95.4426700

2. Elmwood Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6685982, -95.4443970

3. Grace Episcopal Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 37.6791200, -95.4518500

4. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6748352, -95.4654007

5. Neosho County Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 37.6610985, -95.4749985

6. Greenwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6674995, -95.4000015

7. Reeves Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6966553, -95.4754868

8. Union Valley Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6443443, -95.5068130

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Coordinate: 37.7176140, -95.4097240

10. Zion Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6899490, -95.5244064

11. Earlton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.5977600, -95.4615600

12. Swede Center Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7186012, -95.5072021

13. Prairie View Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6819000, -95.3373700

14. New Light
Earlton, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6019900, -95.5160000

15. Crane Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6016998, -95.5158005

16. Cottage Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7588920, -95.4447770

17. South Valley Cemetery
Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6124992, -95.3424988

18. Big Creek Cemetery
Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7035000, -95.3234200

19. Shaw Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.6156006, -95.3161011

20. Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery
Humboldt, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7757988, -95.4019012

21. Leanna Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7328600, -95.3240200

22. Galemore Cemetery
Humboldt, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7762100, -95.3973100

23. Urbana Cemetery
Urbana, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.5530167, -95.3784103

24. Ellison Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7877998, -95.5242004