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Muriel (Rietz) Licklider

1/3/1921 - 2/23/2008


Obituary


Muriel Licklider, 87, of Clarion, passed away February 23, 2008 at Careage of Clarion after a brief respiratory illness. Funeral services for Muriel Licklider will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday March 1, 2008 at the Ewing Funeral Home, 602 North Main Street, in Clarion, Iowa with Pastor Don Morrison officiating. Burial will take place at the Graceland Cemetery near Rowan, Iowa. Visitation for Muriel Licklider will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service on Saturday. She was born Muriel Marie Rietz on January 3, 1921 in Rowan, was raised there and graduated from Rowan High School in 1938. In 1946 she married Wayne her husband for 42 years. They lived briefly in St. Louis, moved back to Rowan and then to Clarion in 1965. She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne; sisters: Anne and Nina; and brothers: Karl, E.A. and Paul. She is survived by her children Sheila (Alvin) Flatebo and Dale (Kathy) Licklider; grandchildren Daniel Flatebo of Louisville, Kentucky, Lisa (Jonathan) Bass, Cale (Amber) and Katie; sisters-in-law Pauline Licklider Jones of Winterset and Jean Rietz of Southeast Iowa; brother-in-law Everett Smith of Pennsylvania; nieces Carment Jorgensen and Julie Mangold; and nephews Steve Heathershaw and Roger and Paul W. Rietz. Both her children and all of her grandchildren, except Dan, live in Kansas City, Missouri area. Muriel loved home, family and music. She was a wonderful mother and we will miss her greatly.