Obituary of Marie Fricker

Marie was born on January 4, 1924 in Landis Valley, Pennsylvania to Frederick Philip Oster and Mary Rittenhouse Oster. Her parents, her husband Harry Abraham Theodore Fricker and her grandson, Christopher Alan Wheeler, brothers, Raymond, Charles, sisters, Edie, Mary Jane and Holly predeceased her.

She is survived by her daughters, Rosemary Fricker Wheeler-Dias (William Dias); Harriet Fricker Downie (Ernie Downie); Marie Fricker Smith (Gary Smith); and her former son-in-law Irby Ralph Wheeler. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Tina Riley (Anthony Riley), of Port St. Lucie; Lynn Downie Myers, Stuart and Laura Marie Smith (Drew Taylor), Stuart; Richard D. Wheeler, Winter Haven; Wesley Glenn Wheeler; and Michael R. Wheeler, Seattle, WA, Brad Dias, Loxahatchee, FL and Elena Dias of Louisville, KY; her great-grandchildren, Kialynn Shipley of Port St. Lucie and Mark Myers of Stuart. In addition, she is survived by her sisters Patricia (Richard) Gastrock, Carol City, FL and Bonnie (Noel) Shaw of Orlando, FL; brother, Frederick P. (Marian) Oster, Leola, PA; Phares Krivenik, Lancaster, PA and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation: 5 - 7:00PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Forest Hills Funeral Homes, Palm City Chapel.

Graveside service: 1:00PM, Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Vista Memorial Gardens, Miami Lakes, FL