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Robert A. Stickel
13 Jun 1915 – 19 Feb 2002
| Birth | 13 Jun 1915 |
| Death | 19 Feb 2002 |
| Cemetery | Monument Hill Memorial Park Woodland , Yolo County , California , USA |
| Added by | Donna on 02 Aug 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117648307 |
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ROBERT A. STICKEL, age 86 Robert Andrew Stickel died peacefully in his Knights Landing home Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Born June 13, 1915, in Arkansas, Kansas, Mr. Stickel had been a Yolo County, CA resident for 23 years. He was the son of the late Henry F. and Nola (Wright) Stickel. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Stillwater, Okla. and was one of 230 million young Americans, ages 17 to 23, who were called to help build their country during the great depression. He served with the CCC not only at Stillwater, Okla., but also served at Gillette, Wyo., Mammoth Lake, Lone Pine and Death Valley. Coming north to Yuba and Yolo counties, he continued to care for and live by the land, becoming a farmer and working for the Williamson family farms of Fair Oaks, William Payne farms of Zamora for 13 years, Sullivan Farms of Yuba City--and for several years at Suisun Gold Farms and Ralph White Farms. Mr. Stickel is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jewell A. (Lynch) Stickel; children: Evelyn V. McNeill of Elverta, Louise Martinez and husband Carl of Woodland, Robert F. and Lorraine Stickel of Yuba City, and David and Mickey Stickel of Soledad; 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Ethel Stone and Beryl Brenner; brother, Winton Stickel; and great-granddaughters, Cassie Martinez and Sarah Louise McNeill-Younger. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Kraft Bros. Chapel, 175 Second St., Woodland. A funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Feb. 25, 2002 at Church of the Nazarene, 100 Woodland Ave., Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, with Pastor Bob Hargrave officiating. Interment followed at Monument Hill Memorial Park, Woodland. The family requests memorials be directed to Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, CA in Robers behalf. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland assisted the family with arrangements.
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