Wyoma Irene Ricketts

 


Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:18 AM MDT

June 15, 1944 — Oct. 18, 2008

CEDAREDGE — Wyoma Irene Ricketts of Cedaredge, Colo., went to join her Lord and Savior, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008.

Friends and family will gather to celebrate Wyoma’s life at the Ricketts residence at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2008.


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Wyoma “Wyomee” was born Wyoma Irene Rutherford on June 15, 1944 in Elko, Nev. to John “Jack” Harold Rutherford and Margaret Baker Rutherford. She was raised in eastern Nevada at Duckwater Indian Reservation and attended elementary and high school in Ely, Nev. After living in British Columbia, Canada for a year, she returned to the states and moved to Denver, Colo. where she met and married George W. “Bill” Ricketts of Gunnison. They moved back to the Western Slope, where they enjoyed outdoor activities for the past 30 years. They lived in Olathe while their children were growing up, and then moved to Cedaredge in 1995. Wyoma was a respected colleague, employee, and friend to many people in the Montrose, Delta and Cedaredge communities over the years.

Wyoma is survived by her husband and best hunting buddy of 40 years, Bill Ricketts; her mother, Margaret Rutherford; one son, Jeff and Melissa Jewett and their daughter Nichaela of San Marcos, Texas; two daughters, Cherryl Justine and Erin Bittner and their three children, Jack, Kate and Ethan all of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Reta Irene Ricketts of Santa Ana, Calif.; and a first cousin, Ray Baker of Guernsey, Wyo.

Wyoma was preceded in death by her father; an infant grandson, Cody Michael Jewett; and her grandparents, Ada and Charlie Baker of Guernsey, Wyo.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory. View the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at taylorfuneralservice.com.

 
 

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