Margaret Artilla Wickel

ACEQUIA – Margaret Artilla Anderson Wickel, age 91, formerly of Acequia, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Parke View Rehabilitation and Care Center in Burley.

Artilla “Tilly” was born on June 17, 1921, in Yost, Utah, to Gustive Andreas and Sarah Ethyl Tracy Anderson. While attending school in Yost, she was in many school plays and was also captain of the basketball team. Tilly married Virgil Wickel on Jan. 4, 1939. They resided in Elba, Idaho, until 1961, when they relocated to Acequia, Idaho. She worked for the J.R. Simplot Company and Rolland Jones Potatoes. Artilla was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, who loved cooking, singing, dancing, and homemaking.

She is survived by her four children, Lynn (Emily Jane) Wickel of Rupert, Arlene (Chuck) Kowitz of Declo, Verlo (Brenda) Wickel of Rupert, and Terri (Gordon) Knopp of Burley; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Virgil, of 54 years; an infant daughter, Marlene; one sister, Sarah Anderson; and one brother, Ariel “Bish” Anderson.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the nursing staff and aides of Parke View Rehabilitation and Care Center for helping to take care of her these past years.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery.

Friends and family may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, and from noon until 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Rasmussen Funeral Home.