SERVICE
First Baptist Church in
Macks Creek, Missouri at
2:00 PM on Saturday, May 31, 2008

MINISTER
Reverend Lyle Mankey

APPLETON CITY VISITATION at
Hill & Son Funeral Home in
Appleton City, Missouri on
Friday, May 30, 2008 from
6:00 - 7:30 PM

MACKS CREEK VISITAION
First Baptist Church in
Macks Creek, Missouri on
Saturday, May 31, 2008 from
1:00 - 2:00 PM

INTERMENT
Macks Creek Cemetery in
Macks Creek, Missouri

MEMORIAL
Heartland Hospice

Zilpha Mae "Dick" Ricker, age 95, was born November 6, 1912 in Camden County, Missouri the fifth of eleven children born to Lonnie B. and Myrtle (Gerhardt) Moulder. She passed away May 28, 2008 at the Appleton City Manor Nursing Home in Appleton City, Missouri.
Zilpha was born on the Big Niangua River prior to the flooding for the Lake of the Ozarks. Her family lived on a farm at the head of the Little Niangua River then due to the construction of the Lake of the Ozarks they moved to Dry Ridge north of Macks Creek. Zilpha graduated from the 8th grade from Arnhold School prior to moving to Macks Creek. She was baptized March 22, 1931 into the First Baptist Church in Macks Creek later attending church at Trinity United Methodist Church in Appleton City, Missouri.
On March 6, 1932 Zilpha and Leon E. Ricker "Lonnie" were united in marriage in Bolivar, Missouri. They began their married life together on a farm near Macks Creek. Following their marriage Lonnie taught school for a year in Macks Creek before moving to Dry Ridge and he taught all of the other Moulder sisters. They moved back to Macks Creek when the schools were consolidated and they remained there until 1958 when they moved to Appleton City, Missouri. Zilpha was a home maker most of her early married life. After moving to Appleton City she worked outside the home at Browsberger's and then for a little while at Cloverleaf Sewing Factory in Appleton City.
Preceding Zilpha in death were her husband, their three children, Feaster Ricker, Geneva Mae Aulgur and Wendell Ricker, four sisters and three brothers. Survivors include three sisters, Florence Morgan of Camdenton, Missouri, Mayme Woodall and Fern Clemmons both of Macks Creek, Missouri, one son-in-law Charles Curtis Aulgur of Holt, Missouri, nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.