Linda D Westfall Rickson

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Obituary- Rickson, Linda

Linda D. Rickson
Linda D. (Westfall) Rickson, 63, of Topeka, passed away July 10, 2011, in Topeka. She was born Aug. 30, 1947, in Topeka, the daughter of John W. and Donna (Spencer) Westfall. She graduated from Topeka High School.

She married Jack Rickson Nov. 23, 1966 in Topeka; they divorced but remained friends. She worked for Southwestern Bell in Topeka as an equipment engineer manager, retiring after 26 years. Linda then attended Fort Scott Cosmetology School in 1994 and worked as a nail technician at Urban Salon in Topeka. She was a former member of the Mayetta Order of the Eastern Star and ABWA where she earned the Woman of the Year award. She was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers and also a member of the Citizen Band Potawatomie tribe.

She is survived by a son, Jim Rickson and wife Darci; a daughter, Wendi Horak and husband Terry, two brothers, Samuel Westfall and Michael Westfall and his wife, Marcella, and a sister, Pamela Rohr and husband David, all of Topeka. She will be dearly missed by her seven grandchildren, Chelsea, Thatcher, Tucker, Dalton, Torrey, Davin and Tayson.

Funeral services were July 14 at Silver Lake United Methodist Church. Interment was at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Silver Lake. Memorials may be made to Midland Hospice Care or St. Francis Cancer Center.