Birth: April 19, 1855
Death: July 29, 1919
Location: Lot 163, Section 2, Outside the Old Cemetery
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Friday, 1 August 1919
The funeral of Carl Rickert, for over 30 years a resident northeast of Wood River took place from his home this afternoon. Mr. Rickert went to Stoneham, Colo., to visit with relatives only a few days ago in the interest of his health and died the second day he was in Colorado of hardening of his arteries. Mr. Rickert was 64 years old and leaves a family of seven grown children to mourn his loss.