Violet L. Fricke

	Violet L. Fricke, age 90, of Perryville, MO, passed away Monday, January 17, 2000 at the Perry Oaks Nursing Home in Perryville, MO.
	Violet was born in Pinckneyville on May 27, 1909, the daughter of John H. and Minta Claud (Crain) Krug.  She was united in marriage to William H. Fricke in Granite City on December 12, 1925 and he preceded her in death on September 1, 1984.  Violet was a homemaker.  She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church of Jackson, MO, having been accepted into membership by affirmation of faith in May 1985 to the Zion Lutheran Church in Pinckneyville.
	Violet is survived by three daughters, Geraldine Guenther and husband Charles of Jackson, MO, Wanda Wheeler and husband Marion of Pinckneyville and Mable Steckenrider and husband Ray of Raleigh, NC; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers and three sisters.
	Graveside services were Thursday, January 20 at 2 p.m. in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville with Pastor Robert Henriches officiating.
	Memorials may be made to either the Zion Lutheran Church of Pinckneyville or St. Paul Lutheran Church of Jackson, MO.
