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Adele Miller Carickhoff, 92, of Harrisonburg, passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Oak Lea Nursing Home.
Mrs. Carickhoff was born on April 5, 1917, in Elkton, Va., and was the daughter of the late Wilmer Helbert and Ethel Adel Bruebaker Miller.
Adele worked as a mortgage lender for First Federal Saving and Loan in Arlington, Va., prior to her retirement on July 7, 1977.
On Oct. 16, 1934, she married Gilbert Littell Carickhoff, who preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1991.
Mrs. Carickhoff is survived by a son, Gilbert Lee Carickhoff and wife, Joan, of Middlebrook, Va.; four grandchildren, Wayne Gilbert Carickhoff, Jody Lynn Poole, James Ross Carickhoff, and Emily Elizabeth Carickhoff; five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at noon at the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg with Pastor Kevin Gerber officiating. Burial will follow at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1477, Harrisonburg, VA 22803, or to VMRC Building Fund, 1501 Virginia Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.kygers.com.
Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg.
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