ARTHUR G. BRICKER 85 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY SUNDAY 0CTOBER 26, 2003 AT THE ROSEWOOD HEALTH CENTER IN INDEPENDENCE. PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES. CREMATION. ARTHUR WAS BORN IN WELLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA ON FEBRUARY 23, 1918 AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THE INDEPENDENCE AREA. HE RETIRED FROM THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY IN 1985 AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS. ARTHUR WAS A PAST MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE OPTIMIST CLUB AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLUE RIDGE CONGREGATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHRIST CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF THE PRIESTHOOD. ARTHUR IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE HELEN V. BRICKER IN 1995. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE DAUGHTER JANE ANNE PARKEY OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. 2 SISTERS MARGARET TYREE OF SALINA, KS. AND RUTH WIGGINS OF POMPANO, FL. AND 1 GRANDDAUGHTER