Mrs. Jay Prickett, 54, died at her home here Monday afternoon, June 24, 1946, following a long illness. She had been in failing health 18 months and unable to leave her home since Christmas. Funeral services are to be at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Ohde Funeral home, with the Rev. Arthur Raeside, minister of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Mrs. Prickett was born in Iowa Township, Crawford County, Iowa, December 27, 1891, a daughter of Henry and Mary Hagedorn, both of whom are now deceased. Her maiden name was Rosa C. Hagedorn.

In 1910, she married Herman Kusel and they had three children: Rena, Vera, and Maxine. They farmed near Manning and also in Minnesota before locating in Lake City, where they operated a creamery.

Her marriage to Mr. Jay Prickett took place in Lake City in 1922.

Besides her husband, Jay, she leaves three daughters from her first marriage to Herman Kusel: Mrs. Leslie "Varn" Austin (Rena), Eugene, Oregon; Mrs. Kenneth Moss (Vera), Medford, Oregon, and Maxine Kusel-Prickett, Manning; and three grandchildren. Other survivors are a sister: Mrs. Herman Koester (Mary), and seven brothers: Gus, William, Otto and Henry Hagedorn, Manning; Herman, Pontiac, Michigan; Louis, Aspinwall, and John, Des Moines.

A sister and brother, Mrs. Chris Petersen and Charles Hagedorn, are deceased. Mrs. Prickett was baptized in the Lutheran faith.