Hicks, Wayne F. 1927 - 2005

HICKS, FREEMAN, MARCUSEN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/24/2013 at 00:14:40

Wayne F. Hicks, 77, 110 Fairway Dr., Clear Lake, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at
Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa after a long battle with
cancer. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 20, 1 p.m., at Galilean
Lutheran Church, Highway 18 W., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Jeff Ungs officiating.
According to his wishes, his body has been cremated. A private inurnment will
be held at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. In lieu of
flowers memorials may be given in his name to Galilean Lutheran Church, Hospice
of North Iowa, or the American Cancer Society.
Wayne was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Mason City, the son of Virgil and Lou
(Freeman) Hicks. He attended school in Mason City until sixth grade, when the
family moved to El Paso, Texas where he attended school and graduated from
Austin High School in 1945. Wayne entered the military, serving in the U.S.
Navy on an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He attended
Iowa State University for three years where he was a member of Iowa Beta of Phi
Kappa Psi Fraternity.
Wayne married his college sweetheart, Paula Marcusen, on Dec. 28, 1949 at St.
John's Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa. He worked for Standard Oil of
Indiana, where work transferred him between Mason City, Des Moines, Kansas
City and Omaha. He retired from BP Amoco after 28 years. Following retirement,
he owned and operated Lake Sport Shop in Clear Lake. His hobbies included
fishing and trading sport cards on eBay. Wayne was a member of Galilean
Lutheran Church in Clear Lake.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Paula Hicks, Clear Lake; four children, Deborah
Hyland and her husband, Garry, Omaha, Neb., Jeff Hicks, Ventura, Iowa, Janna
McQuinn, Omaha, and Melinda Wilson and her husband, Skeeter, Clear Lake; nine
grandchildren: Roben Hicks; Dorthy Hyland; Josh Hicks and his wife, Crescent;
Sam Hicks; Meghan and Nick McQuinn; Carly, Walker and Ivy Wilson, and one
great-grandchild, Ethan Hicks.
Wayne was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.