Terri Lynn Stricker

Terri Lynn Stricker, age 72, of Farmington, passed away Friday, December 10, 2021, in Fayetteville. She was born on April 4, 1949, to James F. and Geraldine A. (Walker) Smith in St. Louis, Missouri, the eldest of five children.

In 1967, Terri committed her life to know and serve her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She and her husband, Eric Stricker, together with their children, worked for 22 years in overseas Christian missionary service, primarily in missionary children’s education and church planting. They completed long-term assignments in Germany, Austria, and Argentina, and shortterm assignments in China, Russia, and the Ukraine. After their ministries overseas, Terri and Eric returned to the United States and served as college professors until their retirement back to Northwest Arkansas in 2019. Now “absent from the body, present with the Lord,” Terri Lynn Stricker maintained a singular purpose in life, to praise, honor, and glorify her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Terri is survived by her husband, Eric C. Stricker; her adult children, Nadja M. Gardner, Nathan M. Stricker, and Tylie N. Prince; her grandchildren, Aarika Gardner, Ethan Gardner, Annalee Gardner, Bennett Stricker, Zachary Stricker, Emmy Stricker, Nina Prince, Maren Prince, Pippa Prince, Del Evergreen and Ede Evergreen; and her siblings, Kathi Welner, Lona Grimm, Lisa Jeffs, and James M. Smith.

Funeral services were held Monday, December 20, 2021, at Heritage Funeral Chapel with Steve Barthelemy officiating. Interment followed at Fayetteville National Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials be made to Mission Ministries, Fellowship Bible Church, P.O. Box 92, Springdale, Ark., 72762, or Mercy International, P.O. Box 960436, San Antonio, Texas, 78269.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Heritage Funeral Home, 479-7512444.