Posted: 11:00 PM - Aug 07, 2005
(From the Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA dated July 12, 2005 courtesy of Wallace E. Shipp)
Virginia Lee Carickhoff, 97, of Harrisonburg, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Oak Lea Nursing Home in Harrisonburg. She had lived at the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community for the past 18 years.
Miss Carickhoff was born Jan. 19, 1908, in Harrisonburg, and was the daughter of the late Earl Johnson and Minnie Laura Hammen Carickhoff.
She was a nurse's aide at Blue Ridge Sanatorium before retiring. She was a former member of the St. Stephens and the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church at Rocky Bar.
She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Kevin Gerber will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. Burial will follow at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, 1475 Virginia Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
Virginia L. Carickhoff
Virginia Lee Carickhoff, 97, of Harrisonburg, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Oak Lea Nursing Home in Harrisonburg. She had lived at the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community for the past 18 years.
Miss Carickhoff was born Jan. 19, 1908, in Harrisonburg, and was the daughter of the late Earl Johnson and Minnie Laura Hammen Carickhoff.
She was a nurse's aide at Blue Ridge Sanatorium before retiring. She was a former member of the St. Stephens and the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church at Rocky Bar.
She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Kevin Gerber will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. Burial will follow at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, 1475 Virginia Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22802.