Ann Marie Rico

Funeral services for Ann Marie Rico, 90, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Daingerfield. Interment will follow at Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery, under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home, Inc. Rosary to be recited at 6:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home followed by visitation from 7 until 9 p.m. Ann Marie Rico was born April 17, 1922 in Brighton, Colorado and passed away December 5, 2012 and was one of nine siblings. She was preceded in death by her husbands Warren Richardson and Angel Rico. Ann is survived by three children, Randy Richardson and wife Susie, of Lucas, Texas, daughters Shirley Haley and husband Charles, of Lone Star, and youngest son Warren Richardson and wife Linda, of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren Grant, Michael, Dawn, Michelle, Clair, Lisa and Katrina; 13 great grandchildren Nichole, Brandon, Hayden, Terrell, Landen, Kilee, Megan, Peyton, Kennedy, Randi, Hayden Spears, Dalton, Haylie, and Gage. Ann was raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. During WWII she worked at Ft. Warren Air Base, union Pacific Railroad in the Roundhouse, then as a riveter on B-17 airplanes. Marrying a military man, she traveled to Japan and the Panama Canal Zone and lived in 8 states. She was very active in the American Legion in Panama as President and the VFW in Wichita Falls. She sponsored childrens bowling, teen clubs, and raised money for many organizations. She loved life and met it head on in everything she did. Her latest and last club she belonged to was the Red Hat Club in Lone Star, which she enjoyed immensely. Thank you to the people who loved and helped her in her lifes journey. She was Gods special gift.