Robert E. Rickling, 84, of Highland Heights, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth
Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired machinist with Cincinnati Milacron
and a member of St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring and Honey Bee Beagle
Club, Crittenden.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II. His wife, Florence Rickling, died in 2000.
Survivors include daughters, Mary Jo Edwards of Highland Heights, Florence "Sis" Kaffenberger of Alexandria and Peggy Penney of Washington Court House, Ohio;
a son, Robert F. Rickling of Lake Waynoka, Ohio; nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church,
Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at A. C. Dobbling and
Son Funeral Home.