NAME: WILBERT GLEE RICKMAN, AGE 87, OF LANE, OK, FORMERLY OF CALIFORNIA.

BORN: MARCH 11, 1910 AT BEAR CREEK, MISSOURI TO LONNIE AND HATTIE (GREER) RICKMAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1997 AT THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER AT TALAHINA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARRIED: AUDRA GRACE TAYLOR ON MARCH 23, 1942 IN LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS BAPTIST FAITH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF LUZON, RECEIVED THE ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND VICTORY MEDAL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF D.A.V. AND EAGLES LODGE IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL #12 IN PASADENA, CA. MR. RICKMAN LIVED IN AVENAL AND VENTURA, CALIFORNIA BEFORE MOVING TO THE LANE AREA SOME 3 YEARS AGO AND HAD RESIDED THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE VETERANS CENTER AT TALAHINA, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: AUDRA RICKMAN OF LANE, OK. SON: DAVID RICKMAN OF SUSANVILLE, CA. GRANDSON: DAVID RICKMAN JR. OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LONNIE AND HATTIE RICKMAN. BROTHERS: MALLIE AND JOHNNY RICKMAN. SISTER: BERNICE MASKRIGHT.

DATE OF SERVICES: PRIVATE FAMILY MEMORIAL SERVICES . INTERMENT: MR. RICKMAN WAS CREMATED.