Donna Rickel
I just learned of Anna's death, you have my deepest sympathy and I'm sorry I didn't know sooner.
Having grown up near Blaine, I knew Anna for many years, even though we attended different schools. We reconnected in the 1970s through the Paca Belles Sweet Adelines when Anna was one of our most faithful members.
She made a leather checkbook cover for me during that time, with a picture of a quartet of Sweet Adeline singers incised on it. I use that checkbook cover to this very day and it is still in excellent shape with just one corner of the lacing coming loose. I think of Anna often when I pull it out of my purse. I have many fond memories of our 10 years singing together.
I guess now she is in that celestial choir, maybe explaining the barbershop music style and forming a quartet. Again, my sympathy to all the family.
Donna (Olson) Rickel, Waupaca WI
