Wulf, Doris Ruth Hicks

WULF, HICKS, DOSLAND, ANDERSEN, COPPESS, STEWARD, DUKE, FATCHETT, IRWIN

Posted By: Ruth - Volunteer
Date: 5/13/2013 at 19:09:39

Mrs. Doris Hicks Wulf, 91, of rural Grand Mound, Iowa, passed away early Monday morning, April 29, 2013 at Crestview Nursing & Rehab Center, West Branch, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 at Schultz Funeral Home, DeWitt and again from 9:00 until 9:45 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Saint John's Lutheran Church, Bliedorn. A Service of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Church with Vicar Michelle Kanzaki officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery, DeWitt, with a luncheon to follow at the Church. Memorials are suggested to Saint John’s Lutheran Church for the benefit of the children’s education and music program.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Chris Coppess, Chad Hicks, Troy Hicks, and Travis Hicks.

She was born Doris Ruth Dosland to Lars "Lewis" and Anna (Andersen) Dosland in Clinton County, Iowa. Doris graduated from Welton High School in 1938. She married Donald Hicks on December 18, 1939. The couple started farming near Lost Nation, Iowa, and farmed for 73 years in Clinton County. Donald died January 31, 1983. Doris later married Melvin Wulf on October 26, 1991, at Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Bliedorn. He preceded her in death on May 1, 2010.

Survivors include children, Joyce (Jon) Coppess of Iowa City, Iowa, Charles (Barbara) Hicks of Jerome, Michigan, Roger (Colleen) Hicks of Iowa City, Mary Kay Hicks of St. Paul, Minnesota; stepchildren, Dale Wulf of Clinton, Iowa, LeRoy Wulf of Grand Mound, and Sharon Steward, Glenarm, Illinois; 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren; a sister, Arlene Wulf of Maquoketa.

In addition to her husbands, Doris was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Lois Duke, Orville Dosland, Arnold Dosland, Leone Fatchett, Murlin Dosland, Norman Dosland and Gladys Irwin.

Condolences may be expressed and a photo tribute viewed at www.schultzfuneralhomes.com