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Josephine Rickley, 101

Minneapolis - Josephine A. Rickley, 101, died Tuesday, December 1, 1998 at the home of her niece and nephew, Darlene and Larry Lauer in Hampton.

Services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 5 at Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Burial was in Pleasant View Memorial Gardens. The Burnsville Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Josephine Rickley was a native of Thief River Falls and long-time south Minneapolis resident.

Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John; two brothers, Olaf Larson and John Burtness; and four sisters, Gertrude Sundberg, Laura Olson, Olga Klementson and Neva Matzke.

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