Mrs. Dale Stricklett is a cancer victim. Funeral rites held Tuesday.

Long ill victim of cancer, 31 year old, Mrs. Dale Stricklett dies at 11 a.m., Sunday, at the family home, 222 1/2 West Lincoln. Sainted mother of two young daughters and wife of the manager of the meat department at Mac's IGA Store. The body was removed to the Campbell Mortuary. Funeral services were at 2:30, Tuesday, at Saint Marys Episcopal Church. The Reverend James L. Stilwell officiated and burial was in Blair Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gillford Dixon Jr., Mergon Jensen, Harry Miller, Jay Stuart, Maurer C. J. Robinson, and Don Schettler.

Virginia Zaeppfel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Zaeppfel, was born at Fort Calhoun, November 27, 1918. She and Dale Stricklett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stricklett, were married November 28, 1939.

Mrs. Stricklett's father preceded her in death.

Surviving her are her husband, Dale; two daughters, Patricia (Patsy Ann), 11, Donna Dale, 9; her mother, Mrs. George Zaeppfel of Fort Calhoun; a brother, Francis Zaeppfel of Fort Calhoun; a sister, Mrs. Florence Rochell of Omaha; and mother-in-law, Mrs. Ive Stricklett of Blair.

#2-2 Mar., 1950 - The Enterprise - Virginia Elizabeth (Zaepffel)

MRS. D. STRICKLETT RITES TUESDAY

Mrs. Dale Stricklett, who had been a patient sufferer for over a year, answered the call last Sunday morning, Feb. 26th, at the age of thirty one years.

As Virginia Elizabeth Zaepffel, she was born in Ft. Calhoun where she grew to womanhood.

In 1939 she was married to Dale Stricklett, and they immediately came to Blair where they have since made their home. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stricklett, Patsy Ann, aged ten years and Donna Dale, aged eight years, these two daughters with the husband and father will mourn their great loss as will also Mrs. Stricklett’s mother, still living at Ft. Calhoun.

It was a happy family circle until the grim specter of death entered leaving marks of sorrow that can never be effaced.

Mrs. Stricklett was a member of the Episcopal church, and it was from that church that the rites were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. James Stilwell officiating, and interment under the supervision of the Campbell Mortuary was made in the Blair cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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