Kristi A. Rickson-Arroyo Grande High, CA

9/7/2009

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Kristi A. Rickson GROVER CITY A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at Calvary Chapel in Arroyo Grande for Kristi Alayne Rickson, 19. A family service was held yesterday (Tuesday) at 10 a.m. at the Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel in Grover City. Officiating at the services was Pastor Steve Carr. Burial will be at sea off the coastline of Grover City. Kristi was born in Phoenix, Ariz. on March 12, 1969. She had lived in Grover City for five years and attended Calvary Chapel in Arroyo Grande. She was a graduate of Arroyo Grande High School with the class of 1987. She was a student at Cuesta College studying to become a nurse and was working as a nurse's aide at the South County Convalescent Center. She died Friday, Oct. 14, 1988, in Pismo Beach. She is survived by her parents, Kenneth and Sharon Rickson of Grover City; two brothers, Scott Rickson and Kevin Rickson, both of Grover City; one sister, Stacey Rickson of Grover City; grandparents, Hazel Calez of Cayucos, Helen and Vernon Hyatt of Los Angeles and her fiancé Dennis King of Grover City.

8 Comments

Brett Stafford

9/7/2009 12:28:04 pm

Not sure If this Is the same kristy I knew or not. Kristy was laying out at Shell Beach and she was in a construction accident, So sad Rip
July 11 at 1:07pm

Kristyn Jones Cornejo

9/7/2009 12:28:31 pm

Yes, it is the same Kristi. We had art class together the last semester of my senior year and we used to walk around finding silly things to draw-ANYTHING to not have to sit in class. lol She was really sweet and I was so upset when I heard about that happening. I never got to say goodbye...
='(
July 11 at 9:04pm

Todd Talbert

9/7/2009 12:28:48 pm

I was a paramedic on the central coast, and this happened when they were building the "Cliffs" hotel.
July 11 at 10:36pm

Dan Shargel

9/7/2009 12:29:11 pm

I hung out with her a bit my senior year because we had some mutual friends. Real nice girl. Always made me sad how she died such a senseless death. RIP Kristi.
July 12 at 11:21pm

Ginger Schenk

9/7/2009 12:30:00 pm

I know Kristi's sister Stacey. I met Stacey about a month after Kristi was killed. I would loved to have met her. Sounds like she was a really nice person. So sad.
July 14 at 8:30pm

Brett Stafford

9/7/2009 12:30:37 pm

I spent some time with her. She was the sweetest girl you could amagine makes me sad to think shes gone. :(
July 14 at 8:34pm

Jeanette Provolt

9/7/2009 12:31:00 pm

Kristi was one of my best friends in school. She was a year behind me and I moved to the LA area the day after I graduated so didn't see her again. I couldn't believe when one of our friends called me and told me what happened. She was a very sweet person. We had some great times in high school.
July 22 at 2:30am ·

Brian Acosta

10/15/2020 04:13:54 pm

I had Sr English class with her where she would often help the other students with their work. She was always patient and willing to help. I remember her handwriting was impeccable. She was quiet with me but so expressive.

The day she died she was sun bathing. High above her on the cliff adjacent to the hotel was a new housing track being built. A construction crew was on lunch break when they began to tustle. A large piece of lumber, as I understand it, was accidentally pushed from a pile near the cliff's edge.

Even so many years later I still think of her and her life cut short. How do you move on from that? Time I guess.

Still not forgotten Kristi. Miss you.

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Kristi A. Rickson-Arroyo Grande High, CA

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