Maggie Geneva (Akins) Hickman
Born: September 30, 1904 in Valeria, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: January 15, 1984, Orange, Orange Co., California
Buried: Lot 99, plot 5
Lot Owner: U.G. Hickman, purchased in 1916
Married: Morris Hickman on September 29, 1926 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Harold R. (1928-2000)
Parents: Gerrit V. and Mary C. (Bailey) Akins
Obituary: Maggie A. Hickman
Mrs. Morris Grant (Maggie A.) Hickman, 79, a resident of Orange County, Calif., since 1973 and longtime resident of Jasper County, died Sunday, Jan. 15, in Orange, Calif.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at the Wallace Pence Funeral Home.
Dr. Richard Bentzinger, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday; Jan. 19.
Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Survivors are her husband [sic-mistake or did she remarry?]; and a sister, Edith Vance of Tempe, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Jan. 7, 1972, three brothers and a sister.
Mrs. Hickman was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Iowa Genealogical Society.
The daughter of Gerritt V. and Mary C. Bailey Akins, she was born Sept. 30, 1904 in Jasper County. She was married Sept. 29, 1926 in Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 17, 1984.
Morris Grant Hickman
Born: August 20, 19061 Mound Prairie Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: January 7, 1972 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 99, plot 6
Lot Owner: U. G. Hickman, purchased in 1916
Married: Maggie Akins on September 29, 1926 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Harold R. (1928-2000)
Parents: Ulyssus Grant and Dora (Hurst) Hickman
Morris Hickman Dies Today;
Services Monday
Morris Grant Hickman, 65, of 303 E. 16th St. N., Apt. No. 1, a resident of Newton since August, 1970, died today at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Toland-Wallace Funeral Home.
The Rev. Herold Harryman associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Saturday.
Survivors are his wife, Maggie; a son, Harold Hickman of Orange, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. LeRoy (Belva) Goeke of Newton and Mrs. Charley (Vaneta) Rutherford of Grinnell; and a nephew, Frank Krohn of Prairie City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Krohn of Colfax, Mrs. Gladys Horn of Davenport and Mrs. Steve (Mamie) Herrington of Newton; and a brother Lawrence of Colfax.
Mr. Hickman had been employed as a automobile mechanic.
The son of Ulysses S. Grant and Dora Ellen Hurst Hickman, he was born Aug. 20, 1906 southeast of Colfax in Mound Prairie Township.
He was married to Maggie Akins Sept. 29, 1926 in Newton.
Mr. Hickman resided in Des Moines from 1941 until coming to Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 7, 1972