Dorothy Jean Ricks

Dorothy retired after 23 years of service from American Steel Foundries in Granite City, Ill. She was a member of Winstanley Baptist Church since 1927. She touched everyone who knew her. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Belleville and her second husband, Kenneth Ricks; her parents, Iva & Onie, nee Garrison, Perry; her sisters, Erma Wilkerson and Norma Coker; a brother, Kenneth Perry; brother-in-laws, Russell and Elgin Wilkerson and a sister-in-law, Ruth Perry.

Surviving are her loving children, Timothy (Chris) Belleville of Fairview Hgts, Ill., Terry (Tom) Buckley of Red Bud, Ill., Karen Ricks of Belleville, Ill., Kenneth (Gail) Ricks of Trenton, Ill., and Rick (Debbie) Ricks of Belleville, Ill., Grandchildren, CJ (Meaghan) Belleville of Baldwin, MO, Amy (Chad) Walter of Swansea, Ill., Tim (Tracie) Rousan of Hecker, Ill., Kenneth (Geneva) Ricks of Granite City, Ill., Liz Ricks of Baytown, Tx., Jason (Carey) Ricks of St. Louis, MO., and Kelli (Jonathan) Tallman of Belleville, Ill., Great-Grandchildren, Jack Belleville, Addison & Avery Walter, Tyler, Trevor and Teagan Rousan, Amber & Alyssa Ricks, Adelyn Tallman and one on the way., a sister, Wilma Wilkerson of Arlington, Tx., and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Christian Activity Center (CAC), East St Louis, Ill. or to Winstanley Baptist Church, Fairview Hgts, Ill.

Condolences may be offered at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com

Visitation: Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Monday, April 26, 2010 at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Hgts, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Lake View Funeral Home with Dr. Steve Phillips officiating. Interment will be held privately in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Hgts, Ill.

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