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OBITUARIES Edith King
Edith was born in Charleston, S.C., daughter of Harold Davis King and Edith Etta Thompson King. She grew up in Baltimore. Her father was commissioner of lighthouses for the United States. Edith came to Yellow Springs in 1932 to attend Antioch College, where she earned her degree in psychology in 1937. While an Antioch student, Edith christened the lighthouse ship Nantucket. Her photo adorned the bulkhead. Fifty years later, the Nantucket Historical Society invited her back to rechristen the ship. Edith’s career was at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City, where she rose to the position of assistant to the head of the medical division. Edith would travel to other countries where she opened and organized offices for foundation activities. She retired in 1979 but returned to coedit the volume, Academic Medicine — Present and Future. Edith was a modest, gracious, dignified and friendly person. She was a world traveler. She was an excellent tennis player. Into her eighties, she could out-hike her nephews and niece. Edith had many friends at Friends Care, where she lived since 2005, including the resident dogs; they frequently would visit her room and sleep on her bed. Edith was preceded in death by her brother, Roger King; her parents; brother, Jack King; nephew, Ross King; and sister-in-law, Joan Leon King. She is survived by nephews, Philip and Adam King, both of Yellow Springs; niece, Crista King Vallianatos, of Claremont, Calif.; long time companion, Margaret Broadbent; great nephews, Mark Vallianatos and Noah King; great niece, Corinna Vallianatos; great-great nephew, Ellis Moffatt; and great-great niece, Katya Vallianatos. No services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family would be grateful for donations to the Alzheimer’s Association or Friends Care. Betty Rickenbach Elizabeth “Betty” Rickenbach died June 26. She was 91. She was born Elizabeth Florence Wood on Nov. 30, 1917, to parents David C. Wood and Florence Erdelle (Dell) (Gurling) Wood. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband of more than 44 years, Ralph G. Rickenbach (May 12, 1989). Betty is survived by son, Bruce A. Rickenbach, and daughter-in law, Francine Wolf Rickenbach, of Yellow Springs; a son, Craig A. Rickenbach and daughter-in-law, Marie Hill Rickenbach; and nephews, William and Andrew Rickenbach, of Rock Hills, S.C. No funeral services will be held. An open memorial service is planned on Aug. 5 at the Friends Care Assisted Living Unit for Betty’s family, friends, and caregivers, friends of Bruce and Fran, and others in the community who wish to pay their respects. In lieu of flowers, contributions are requested to be made to the Friends Care Community — from which Betty received, as do many others, excellent care from skilled caregivers dedicated to giving the best of care to the loved ones entrusted to their care. David Landes memorial celebration planned Family and friends of David Landes will host a potluck celebration in his memory at the Glen Helen Building, Saturday, July 11, from 3 to 8 p.m. There will be music, stories, good food and good friends. All are welcome. Landes died unexpectedly on Oct. 13, 2008. He was a 1965 graduate of Antioch College, and received his Ph.D. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
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