Arlene Mary Rick was born December 26, 1944, to I.T. "Sonny" and Lillian Rose (Holecek) Rick, in Breckenridge, MN, where she was raised and graduated from high school.
Arlene was married to Harris M. Stockmoe, July 17, 1965, in Breckenridge, and they made their home in Moorhead, MN. They later moved to Fargo, ND. For the past few years, they had spent the winter months in Las Vegas, NV, and the summer months at their home on Middle Cormorant Lake, near Lake Park, MN. Harris died March 29, 1995. Arlene died Thursday, January 22, 2004, in her home in Las Vegas, at fifty-nine years of age.
Arlene is survived by her three children, Scott Stockmoe and his wife, Joy, and their two children, Lauren and Elise, Maple Grove, MN, Susan Gilbertson, Las Vegas, NV, and Stuart Stockmoe and his wife, Sheri, Fargo; brothers and sisters, Dorothy (John) Kotalik, Minneapolis, MN, Ignatius Rick, and Paul (Nona) Rick, both Pelican Rapids, MN, Gerald (Betty) Rick, John (Ginny) Rick, and Joseph Rick, Breckenridge, Rose Anne Brink, Oceanside, CA, and Mary Jane (Fred) Crafton, El Segundo, CA; mother-in-law, Frida Stockmoe, Fargo; and sister-in-law, Beverly (Jerry) Lehman, Fargo.
In addition to her parents and husband, Arlene was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward and Michael James Rick.
Visitation for Arlene will be Thursday, January 29, 2004, from 5 - 8 PM, with a prayer service at 6:30 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. Funeral Mass will be Friday, January 30, 2004, at 2 PM, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Moorhead. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Moorhead.