Lenard Rickard
Jan. 23, 1856-June 30, 1941
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, June 30, 1941, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
LENARD RICKARD, 85, DIES TODAY
Lenard Rickard, 85, died this morning at 4:45 in the hospital at Berrien Center after an illness of seven months. His home was at 612 ½ South Lincoln avenue.
Mr. Rickard was born in Philadelphia Jan. 23, 1856 and came to Niles in 1918. he was married March 5, 1878 to Miss Ida Morris, who survives.
He is also survived by five children, Howard H. Rickard, Niles, Walter F. Rickard, Chicago, Charles H. Rickard, Philadelphia, William Rickard, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Harry Huffman, Berrien Center; a brother, Harry Rickard, Philadelphia, and 11 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, July 2, 1941, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: RICKARD RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Lenard Rickard, 85, who died Monday morning after an illness of seven months, were conducted this afternoon at 2:30 in the Pifer funeral home with the Rev. Guy W. Simon officiating. Pallbearers were Melvin Huffman, Cleo Huffman, Robert Huffman, Claude Hoover, Edward Erickson and Chester Erickson. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.