White Dove Cemetery

Sparks, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

© Parks Brothers Funeral Service

Submitted by: Terry Dudley

Carla May Casteel Rikard

August 26, 1944 ~ Nay 25 2023

Clara May Rikard, 78, passed from this life with a peaceful transition surrounded by her family on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Sparks, Oklahoma.

Clara was born on August 26, 1944, in Sparks, to Thomas and Gertrude (Acord) Casteel. She attended Sparks schools through the 8th grade before attending and graduating from Chandler High School, Chandler, Oklahoma. A life-long resident of Sparks, Clara for a short time, resided in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Clara enjoyed Native American beadwork as a hobby. She was a respected elder and a very active member of the Sac and White River Bands, Chickamauga Cherokee.

Throughout her adult life, she traveled as a party planning consultant for Queensway Fashion, worked as a relief worker for the Sparks Post Office, and most recently, a secretary for Lincoln County Rural Water District #1. She also held a position on the White Dove Cemetery Board in Sparks. First and foremost, Clara was a homemaker and attended to her family.

Clara was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Gertrude Casteel; and two brothers, Thomas Casteel, and John Henry Casteel.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Robert Robbins and his wife, Karen, and Billy Robbins and his wife, Kimberly; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; as well as a host of other family members and friends.

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.