Kenneth W. "Sam" Rikke was born on September 17, 1911, in Grace Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, to Ole O. and Carrie (Egeland) Rikke. Sam was baptized in Grace Lutheran Church and confirmed in Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. He married Luella M. Maasch in August 1935 in Vesta, Minnesota. Since 1952 they lived in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, where Sam and his son, Ken, owned and operated Rikke Gravel Company. He died suddenly November 13, 1982, of a heart attack at his home in Hanley Falls at the age of 71. Sam is survived by his seven children: Collette Warnke, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Shirley Gordon, Garden Grove, California, Kenneth R., Hanley Falls, Joyce Wright, Little Canada, Minnesota, Judy Hess, Anaheim, California, Linda L., Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and Pamela F., Minneapolis, Minnesota; 12 grandchildren; two sisters: Irma Prior, Modesto, California and Minnie Rasmussen, Gibbon, Minnesota; two brothers: Gifford, Granite Falls, Minnesota and Orend, Anoka, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and one sister, Gladys Enger. IN MEMORY OF KENNETH W. RIKKE Born September 17, 1911 Passed Away November 13, 1982 Funeral Services Tuesday, November 16, 1982, 10:30 a.m. Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church Hanley Falls, Minnesota Rev. H. Norman Schey officiating Organist, Mavis Gustafson Soloist, Burnell (Bunny) Rikke Casket Bearers Ray Christenson, Brian Rikke Seldin Gullickson, Kevin Rikke Lowell Johannsen, Terry Rikke Final Resting Place East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery Hanley Falls, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota