Gazlay Family History
Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard
Parents
| Father | Dr. Joseph Samuel Rickard (ca. 1868 - ) |
| Mother | Sarah Pearl Leavitt (ca. 1892 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 March 2014; Last Edited: 7 January 2024 |
| Person ID | 6599 |
| Name | Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 24 May 1922 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 14 July 1945 in Miami, Dade County, Florida to Helen Theresa Anderson4, 5 |
| Divorced | from Helen Theresa Anderson |
| Married | 8 December 1950 to Eleanor May Duckworth1 |
| Divorced | 1954 from Eleanor May Duckworth1 |
| Married | to Zora Grace Lee |
| Died | 12 February 1976 in Fresno, Fresno County, California1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Helen Theresa Anderson (daughter of Arthur Oscar Anderson and Rothia May Porter) |
| Born | 8 March 1923 in North Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire |
| Married | 14 July 1945 in Miami, Dade County, Florida to Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard |
| Married | 15 August 1955 in Broward County, Florida to George Svoboda Glass |
| Children | of Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard and Helen Theresa Anderson: |
| +1. | Kathleen ‘Kathie’ Rickard |
| Born | 16 March 1947 in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | to Howard ‘Dusty’ Schoonover |
| Married | to Paul Adams |
| Died | 3 January 1998 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona |
| Spouse 2 | Eleanor May Duckworth |
| Born | 1926 |
| Married | 8 December 1950 to Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard |
| Died | 1990 |
| Children | of Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard and Eleanor May Duckworth: |
| 1. | Edith Lorene Duckworth |
| Born |
| Spouse 3 | Zora Grace Lee |
| Born | 2 July 1925 in Oklahoma |
| Married | to Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard |
| Died | 30 October 1992 in Tulare County, California |
| Children | of Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard and Zora Grace Lee: |
| 1. | Elvin Leavitt ‘Rick’ Rickard, Jr. |
| Born | 2 October 1955 in Los Angeles County, California |
| Died | 13 July 2003 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). (Cremated and ashes scattered at sea), CPO Elvin Leavitt “Rick” Rickard, born: 24 May 1922 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California; died: 12 February 1976 in Fresno, Fresno County, California [from record, which provides biographical and vital details and the names and links of one wife, two children, two siblings, and his parents].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, California, Los Angeles County, Downey Township, Bellflower Precinct #2, Enumeration District 19-914, Sheet No. 8A, family of Joseph S. Rickard (67, Missouri, inventor, machinery, first married age 41); wife Pearl Rickard (37, Oklahoma, first married age 19); son Paul Rickard (17, California); son Albert Rickard (12, California); son Elvin Rickard (7, California).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, California, Los Angeles County, Downey Township, Norwalk, Enumeration District 19-130, Sheet No. 19A, family of Joe Rickard (72, Missouri); wife Pearl Rickard (48, Oklahoma); son Elvin Rickard (17, California); mother Lucy D. Leivette (91, Iowa, widow).
- togetherweserved.com, Glass, Helen, PO3. The page outlines her military service in the WAVES during WWII, and provides vital and biographical information, and several of her anecdotes.
- Florida Marriages, 1830-1993, Elvin L. Rickard and Helen T. Anderson, married on 14 July 1945 in Miami, Dade County, Florida.