Margaret Ricketts

Margaret Ellen Ricketts, or “Meg”, was born in Olney, Illinois to James Owen and Blanche Eyer on January 19th, 1939, and sadly passed away on February 3, 2016.Meg was a kind and soft-spoken woman, who is remembered as a loving soul and deeply spiritual woman who never said an unkind word of another and who emanated personal warmth.

She was a creative lady whose love of working with fabric was widely known - an expert seamstress and quilter, also capable of everything from reupholstering furniture to making tiny clothing for Barbie dolls. Raised in a Midwestern farming community as the middle child among seven siblings, she had a gift for tending the earth. Meg cultivated amazing flower gardens and grew and canned her own fruits and vegetables. She earned a B.A. in psychology later in life after raising her children, was committed to her own spiritual evolution and was an avid astrologer. She considered herself a lifelong student in that regard, and viewed our human experience from a wider perspective within the cosmos.

She is predeceased by her loving husband of 32 years, Edmund, with whom she shared a love of gardening and a quiet life. She is survived by three devoted children, two daughters and a son: Armenouhi of Danbury, CT; Vartouhi of Brookfield, CT; and Vartan of Concord, CA; three grandchildren: Kyle, Ysabelle and Sophia; as well as step-daughters Barbara, Carla and April and their children and grandchildren. Her family and loyal circle of friends will miss her immensely, but are grateful that she touched their lives.