In Loving Memory ANN HICKS

The Rite of Christian Burial THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001, 10:00 AM SACRED HEART CHURCH TEMPLETON, IOWA
Celebrant REVEREND FATHER DALE REIFF
Mass Servers SAM HUTCHINSON, BEN EVERSON, ELIZABETH JOHNSON
Gift Bearers DELLA OSBORNE, CINDY ROOSA, THEA BOWER
Lectors LAURA JOHNSON, ROXANNE HUTCHINSON, MONA EVERSON
Music “AMAZING GRACE” “ON EAGLE’S WINGS” “HERE I AM LORD” “HOW GREAT THOU ART” SACRED HEART MEN’S CHOIR
LEONETTE IRLBECK, ORGANIST
Interment SACRED HEART CEMETERY TEMPLETON, IOWA
Casketbearers: ALLEN KITT, DOUG HICKS, DAN HICKS, DOUG BOWER, RANDY HAGGE, CHARLES HUTCHINSON, DAVID EVERSON

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.

God saw the road was getting rough,
The hills were hard to climb;
And so He closed her loving eyes
And whispered “Peace Be Thine."
The weary days, the hours of pain,
The weary nights are past.
The ever-patient worn out frame
Has found “Sweet Rest” at last.

Prayers WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001
4:00 PM ROSARY BY ANN’S FAMILY
7:00 PM PRAYER SERVICE BY FR. DALE REIFF
OHDE FUNERAL HOME, MANNING, IOWA

Ann, daughter of Otto and Hedwig (Kraus) Prebeck, was born November 22, 1920, on the family farm near Templeton, Iowa. She attended rural school near her home. Following her schooling Ann worked as a hired girl, and at Priebe and Sons in Manning.

On December 24, 1945, Ann was united in marriage with George Hicks in Jackson, Minnesota. The couple raised three children. Ann and George made their home in Templeton where they owned and operated Hicks Oil Company south of town. In 1977 they retired and moved south. They spent their summers in Mountain Home, Arkansas until 1990 when they moved to Russellville, Arkansas. During retirement they wintered in Donna, Texas.

Ann was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Russellville. Throughout the years she enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking, playing cards, dancing and bowling.

On Monday, October 15, 2001, Ann died unexpectedly in her sleep at her home in Russellville, Arkansas. She was 80 years, 10 months and 23 days of age.

Besides her parents, Ann was preceded in death by a brother Otto Prebeck and two brothers in infancy, a sister Marie and husband Burt Long, a brother-in-law Joe Soyer, a son-in-law Jerome Kitt.

She is survived by her husband George Hicks of Russellville, Arkansas; a daughter Ione Kitt of Fort Dodge; two sons Larry Hicks and his wife Lois of Russellville, Arkansas and Ralph Hicks of Apache Junction, Arizona; 11 grandchildren: Cindy and husband Larry Roosa of Eagle Grove; Allen Kitt and wife Deb of Hastings, Minnesota; Roxanne and husband Chuck Hutchinson of Sioux City; Mona and husband Keith Everson of Webster City; Laura and husband Mark Johnson of Fort Dodge; Rick Petersen of Ames; Thea and husband Doug Bower of Linwood, Kansas; Doug Hicks and wife Pam of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Della Osborne and husband Randy Hagge of Westside; Darsi and husband Jim Kautzky of Perry; Daniel Hicks of Chicago, Illinois; 23 great grandchildren; a brother Allie Prebeck and wife Elaine of Templeton; a sister Norey Soyer of Glidden; and other relatives and friends.