"Mrs. Mary Ida Karikka, 54, of 213 College Ave., died at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, 1943, in Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of Arthur Karikka. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Helmi M. Gillette, and Miss Lillian I. Karikka of Ithaca, Mrs. Aino A. Jackson of Elmira, Mrs. Margie L. Hoover of Brooklyn, Mrs. Kisa M. Cloney of Demar, and Mrs. Elsina L. Park of Elmira; two sons, Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co.. Aarni K. Karikka of the U.S. Army ow at Camp Forrest, Ten., ad Arthur Richard Karikka of Ithaca."
Ithaca Journal, Oct. 25, 1943, 3.