Betty J. Staricka

Betty J. Staricka, 80 year old resident of rural Swanville, MN passed away peacefully Saturday, December 20, 2014 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at the Swanville Bible Church in Swanville, MN with Rev. Mike Gunnon and Rev. Roland Jennings officiating. A visitation will be held on Friday from 4-7 P.M. at the Swanville Bible Church and from 10-11 A.M. on Saturday also at the Church. Betty was born on January 25, 1934 in Burnhamville Township near Swanville, MN to Albert and Florence (Stoll) Palm. She attended school in Burtrum through the eighth grade and graduated from Swanville High School in 1952. She attended St. Cloud Teacher’s College, receiving a Provisional Education Degree in 1954, and then taught for three years in Staples. On June 22, 1957 she married Andrew (Andy) Staricka at the Congregational Church of Swanville. The couple resided on Andy’s family farm Southeast of Swanville. Besides being a farm wife and homemaker, Betty did Substitute teaching, briefly in Upsala and for 40 years in Swanville. In 1997, they moved a mile “down the road” to their newly built retirement home. Betty enjoyed feeding and watching birds, was a good cook and gardener, enjoyed sewing and crafting, puzzles and games, collecting Czechoslovakian pitchers, vases, cardinals, and glass “Hens on the nest”. She was lifetime member of the Swanville Bible Church, a longtime member of the Dove Homemaker‘s Club, Stearns County Pioneer Club, and a Charter member of the Lone Eagle Auto Club and a member of the Upsala Historical Society. Survivors include her husband Andy; children, James (Lynn), Williston, ND; Kay (Luke) Maher, Sauk Centre, MN, Joey (Dianne) , Swanville, MN, Kathy (Todd) Waller, Maple Plain, MN; seven grandchildren: Mathias Staricka, Amelia Maher, Christopher Maher, Jessica Staricka, Eric Staricka, Benjamin Waller and Jakob Waller; Siblings: Judith Heisick, Glenn (Arlene) Palm, Leona (Henry) Niemeyer, Scotty (Darlene) Palm and David Palm; numerous nieces and nephews. Betty was preceded in death by her parents; brothers and sisters-in-law, Frances and Sandra Palm, Herbert and Dorothy Palm, and Joyce Palm; brothers-in-law, Ervin Koehn and Raymond Heisick. Memorials preferred to Swanville Dollars for Scholars.

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Betty J. Staricka

January 25, 1934 - December 20, 2014