Lu Ann Crump Rikard age 69 passed away peacefully from complications associated with early onset dementia.
A Time of Gathering will be held at Ballard Sunder Funeral and Cremation in Prior Lake (4565 Pleasant St.) on November 21 from 1-2pm. A Memorial Service will be held following, starting at 2pm. Lu Ann will be laid to rest at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Eden Prairie (12390 Pioneer Trail) following the service.
A recording of Lu Ann’s service is available at the following link: Lu Ann Rikard Service .
Born and raised in Elkin NC at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains she attended Elkin High School and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She loved to tell stories of her childhood growing up with her brother Stan and cousins in Elkin. She attended Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Lu Ann retired from Bell South Telephone Company and then worked as volunteer coordinator at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC before moving to Concord, NC. In 2015. She loved scrapbooking, Disney World, volunteering at church, spending time with family and friends, and making friends with every stranger she met.
She is survived by her husband of 33 years Cliff Rikard; Daughter, Stephanie (Kyle), stepdaughters Lyndsey (Steve), Whitney (Adam), grandchildren Rosemary, Drew, Carter, and Sonny, brother Stan (Tonya) and nieces, nephews and dear friends.
Cliff and Lu Ann moved to Prior Lake, MN after her diagnosis to be near family.
