Howard Hicks
Published January 4, 2003
Howard E. Hicks of Federal Way died on Dec. 23, 2002. He was 69.
He was born Nov. 18, 1933 in Superior, Wis., and was a former resident of Seattle and Tacoma.
He retired from the Air Force after serving 20 years as a flight engineer/aircraft mechanic during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
He was a member of Disabled American Veterans, Gideons International and Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie; daughters Cheri Jones and Cynthia Gallup, both of Stratford, Okla., and Patricia Cole of Shreveport, La., and a son, Howard Hicks of Spanaway; stepdaughters Lara LaRose, Kathleen Horne and Roberta Cameron, all of Federal Way; a brother, Lawrence Hicks, and a sister, Naomi Cooper, both of Grass Valley, Calif.; a sister, Darlene Manley of Snohomish; and 17 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Ethel Hicks; brothers Arthur, Morrell, Aaron and Harland Hicks; and his first wife, Martha Jane Hicks.
A memorial service and celebration of his life is scheduled for 2 p.m. Jan. 4 at New Hope Community Church of the Nazarene, 9308 Meadow Road SW. in Lakewood. Inurnment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery. Arrangements are by Bonney-Watson Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to The American Red Cross or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.