Victor R. Herrick Funeral service: 10:30 am Wednesday December 17,
2003 at Slininger-Rossow Chapel, Jefferson Victor R. Herrick was born December 2, 1914 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota to Charles and Charlotte Herrick. He graduated from high school in Beaver, Iowa. Victor married Hazel Kelley on February 9, 1940. He started farming in the Boone area and later moved to a farm north of Jefferson where he has farmed for the past 28 years. Victor passed away Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Israel Hospice House in Ames. He was 89 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Hazel and his three children; Karen (Carl) Vetter of Alleman, Julie (Jack) Safly of Ames, and Roger (Diane) Herrick of Boone. He is also survived by 9 grandchildren; Carla Vetter of Alleman, David (Dawn) Vetter of Hampton, Jeff (Sally) Vetter of Altoona, Mathew Safly of Ankeny, Mark (Melanie) Safly of Iowa City, Curtis Herrick, Amie (Chris) Abbott of Glenwood, Lucas Herrick of Ames, and Nick Herrick of Boone and 7 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters; Viola Lipke of Jefferson, Mildred Potts of Gilman, and one brother, Conrad Herrick of Phoenix, Arizona. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Eugene, two sisters and one brother.
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