John N Rickman dies at Waverly...sick long time.
John Newton Rickman died at his home at Waverly at 5:10 o'clock Sunday morning July 11, 1937 after a long illness due to his age. He had been confined to the home for several years and in bed for many months. He was 85 years old in May and had been a farmer and stone mason in this county since coming to Rock Creek Township in 1876.
Arrangements for the funeral home not been completed, pending word from relatives in California but it probably will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Waverly and will be in charge of Rev. Mr. Schulenberger pastor
Mr Rickman is survived by nine children, his wife and two children preceding him in death. He lived in Burlington with his son A.A. Rickman while Al was sheriff of Coffey county and is well know through out the county.

Funeral Services Held at Waverly for J.N. Rickman
Funeral services for John N. Rickman were held in the Methodist church in Waverly Tuesday afternoon July 13, 1937, conducted by the Rev. C.V. Schulenberger, pastor of the Methodist Church. The pall bearers were Oliver Rickman, Donald Rickman and Clyde Rickman grandsons of the deceased, Harold McKinstry, George Jennings and Fred Makepeace, husbands of three granddaughters. The funeral hymns were "Rock of Ages" sung by a quartet, "Shadows" a solo sung by Miss Ina Grimes and "My Savior First of All" sung by the quartet. Those in charge of the music were :Quartet, Mrs R.C. Michael, Miss Ina Grimes, Frank & Fred Mathis; Soloist, Miss Ida Grimes; pianist Mrs Elmer Bruner. Internment was made in the Waverly cemetery.
With the passing of John Rickman closes the life story of one of Waverly's pioneer citizens. The old Rock Quarry northeast of Waverly, the rock building and the rock sidewalks will be living monuments for many years to come. speaking of the kind of life he lived and the kind of work he did.
John Newton Rickman was born in Indiana May 2, 1852 and died in the home of his son A.A. Rickman of Waverly Ks July 11, 1937 aged 85 years two months and nine days.
With his parents he emigrated to Jasper county Iowa when two years of age in 1854 and to Missouri when eight years old, in 1860 where he received his education, preparing himself for school teaching which was never realized because of sickness.
He came to Williamsburg Kansas when 26 years of age in 1876. He and Miss Ella Fuqua were united in marriage July 29, 1876. They moved to Coffey county in 1877 and located on a farm in the community of Waverly, when in 1881 with their family they moved into Waverly.
When a young man, being the son of a carpenter, he spent the winters with his father hewing logs and other timbers for log raising and house building the next spring and summer. To work in wood was natural for him. On a wall in his late home in Waverly hangs a plaque a horse carved in solid walnut which is a work of art and worthy of a place in any Kansas Library of Art and Literature. Later in life he took up stone cutters' trade He helped to build the old stone Methodist church that stood one mile east and three miles north of Waverly, which today is but a memory in the mind of the community life.
To this union were born 11 children, seven sons and four daughters; a daughter Nancy Louisa and a son George Milton preceded their father in death. Mrs Rickman answered the call of her Heavenly Father in 1929 while on their stay in California from 1921 and including 1929.
As a stone mason, his trade called him to work in many parts of four counties, Coffey, Osage, Franklin and Anderson.
In his earlier life he was a member of A.O.U.W. and Triple Tie lodges. His family attended the Methodist Church. Please indulge this note of personal interest; Often the family would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, mother get breakfast, father do the chores, after breakfast, all got ready, drove to Sunday school and church, got there on time and enjoyed the day.
For a number of years he operated a stone quarry north-east of Waverly, from which came stone which he built into buildings and into side-walks in Waverly, which tell the story of his interest and labor in the community life.
The first serious illness of his life came in the spring of 1927, in the way of a general break down. For a number of years following this illness he enjoyed health only at short intervals. The last three years of his life he was confined to his room and the last seven months to his bed; when at last 5 am Sunday morning, July 11, God put into his hand the key which he unlocked the door that opens out into eternity, to rest from his labor, his work yet speaking of him.
He leaves to mourn his going away his family; J.W. Rickman, R.E. Rickman, Mrs Mabel Whalen,and Mrs Nellie Hunsaker all of Watsonville, CA Mrs Fannie Silva, Colingo, CA and J.E. Rickman Santa Anna, CA, C.H. Rickman, Torrenton, Idaho, F.N. Rickman Seneca and A.A. Rickman of Waverly, with whom Father Rickman had made his home since his return from California in 1929; also 32 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren with many friends in many walks of life.