Thank you for visiting the Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes and Whispering Winds Cemetery website. We welcome you and trust that you will learn more about our funeral homes and cemetery. Since 1937, families from Lincoln, Southern Pike and Northern St. Charles counties have learned to expect compassionate, dignified and affordable service from Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes.
Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes is committed to serve the needs of the communities with services designed to aid you and your loved ones in making thoughtful decisions about final arrangements. Carter-Ricks continues to be independently owned and operated by Larry and Kayla Carter. We hope our Website will help you become more familiar with Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes and the services we provide.
Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes is committed to serve the needs of the communities with services designed to aid you and your loved ones in making thoughtful decisions about final arrangements. Carter-Ricks continues to be independently owned and operated by Larry and Kayla Carter. We hope our Website will help you become more familiar with Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes and the services we provide.
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The Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes has been serving the communities of Eastern Lincoln County, Southern Pike County and Northern St. Charles County for over eighty years. In 1941 O'Garlan married Kathryn Trescott. They continued to operate the funeral home on Third Street in Winfield until 1943, when O'Garlan enlisted in the Army and served in the South Pacific during World War II.
Take Highway 79 South into Elsberry. Turn right at the junction of Highway B (Broadway) and Highway 79 and go five blocks. The Elsberry City Park will be on your left. Turn left on Fifth Street (between the City Park's bandstand and the Palmer Library) and go one-half block. The funeral home is on the right side of the street immediately south of Palmer Library.
Just as each person and family is unique, so is each funeral or memorial service. We believe that a visitation and funeral or memorial service should be about the person whose life has ended, and meaningful to those who remain. Families and friends have the opportunity to come together to share a sense of loss, to offer support, and to remember and acknowledge the life of someone they loved.
Giving a meaningful, moving eulogy can be a nerve-wracking situation for even the most accomplished public speaker, but it need not be. How can you summarize somebody's life in a few short minutes, while being both somber and funny at the same time? Writing and delivering a eulogy is a therapeutic tool to help deal with your grief, and being chosen to give a eulogy is an honor and should be treated that way.
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Greg Bruckerhoff
Jan 07, 2018
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