Friendly High School Alumni
Fort Washington, Maryland (MD)
In Memory of
Charles H. Ricketts
1960-2023
Born Feb 05, 1960, Charles H. Ricketts attended Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD.
Class of 1978
Feb 05, 1960 - Jan 12, 2023
Feb 05, 1960 - Jan 12, 2023
Died from cardiac arrest
Tim Davis '00 said:
I move away in the early 80s to the San Francisco Bay Area I used to visit their home quite often. Charles, John, Monica and Edward were always kind to me. Charles, Herk by nick name and I work together at at Chasen's later name Joe Theismanns's restaurant in Camp Springs Maryland across the street from the Hanger club. Herk and I vacation together at Nags Head North Carolina one summer. My condolences to his surviving family. Tim Davis
CARMEN I Ricketts '77 said:
This my brother's picture from the Friendly High School yearbook of 1977.
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CommentCARMEN I Ricketts '77 said:
My brother Charles Herman Ricketts had developed diabetes's, it was inherited from the German side of his family, as was the heart disease. Our Oma, Elsa Gassner had had several heart attacks. Both of his uncles, Hermann Gassner, and Edfried Hans Gassner died from heart attacks in 2025. His brother, John Ricketts died from a heart attack on January 7. 2019.
His father's mother, Mary Carmon Ricketts (nee Griffith) was born on an Indian Reservation in Sallisaw, OK. So, he also had American Indian in his genes, probably Cherokee. She died from TB. His grandfather, Fred Ricketts, died from a heart attack while working the railroad tracks in Pittsburg, KS.
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