Dianna Lynn Wilcox

Dianna Lynn (Hicks) Wilcox
WESTBROOK -- God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered, 'Come to me.' A tender heart stopped beating, hard working hands now rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best.
Dianna Wilcox went to rest in the arms of the Lord forever after a lengthy, courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Portland the daughter of the late Hugh M. Hicks Sr. on Feb. 18, 1954. She was a graduate of Portland High School, the class of 1973. Dianna and her husband, Allie, knew each other in kindergarten and all through life. They married as high school sweethearts in 1972, their junior year of high school. Her son was six months old at their graduation.
Dianna's parents had remarried early on in her life. Her father married Dorothy (Gagne) Hicks when Dianna was very young. They both worked very hard to raise the family. Her mother and father owned a variety store where she had worked while going to school.
In 1975, Dianna and Allie moved to Buxton where they raised two sons. Dianna had so much fun watching them grow. In 1981, she went to work for Unitrode as a tech. She also had worked for Clarostat. Dianna went to work for the Reese Corporation where she worked for ten years. She worked in the parts department as well as the machine shop. She also took classes and earned a certificate as a machinist.
When Reese moved to Virginia in 1992, Dianna went to work for Gorham Savings Bank. She had worked there for 14 years. She loved it there. She said that it had to be the best job she ever had. She made a lot of wonderful friends while at Gorham Savings Bank. When she had to leave because of her illness, it broke her heart. She still kept in touch with all of her friends as well as her customers. They never stopped sending thank you and get well cards in the mail.
Dianna loved going to baseball games watching her sons play and cheering them on. It was always so much fun for her. She was a wonderful mother whom any child would be very proud to have. She always had the most beautiful smile. It was so contagious. Even while she was
Dianna Lynn
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not feeling well, she would always smile. Dianna was one of the toughest, most positive persons that anyone could ever meet.
She loved spending time with the family, going lout to eat, watching movies, doing word searches, and making her own jewelry. She enjoyed working in her flower garden and going to Hollywood Slots.
Even after all she went through, you would never hear her once say, 'Why me?' She was never concerned so much about herself as she was family and friends and how well they were going to handle her illness.
Dianna was predeceased by both her father, Hugh M. Hicks Sr., and her biological mother, Florence M. (Pete) Salang; a stepfather, Oscar Salang Sr.; two sisters, Clara and Betty, three brothers, Raymond Hicks, Hugh Hicks Jr., and Oscar Salang Jr. Dianna leaves behind her husband, Allie Wilcox Sr., of 39 years, whom she adored; two sons, Allie Wilcox Jr. ant his wife Jessica of Limington, Eric Wilcox and his fiance Darcy Langella of Buxton; and three grandsons, Corey Wilcox, Tyler Wansor, and Wyatt Bennett, all of Limington. She also leaves behind her mother, Dorothy Hicks of Westbrook; three sisters, Yvonne Norberg and her husband Harold of Westbrook, Brenda O'Brien and her husband Richard of Buxton, Marina (Salang) White and her husband Rick White of Old Orchard Beach, two brothers, Paul Gagne of Palmyra, Bruce Hicks of Limington, and sister-in-law Diana Hicks of Limington; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Dianna would like to thank the doctors and their staff for the care she had received while she was going through her battle; as well as those at Springbrook for all of their care and kindness. She would like to thank Cindy and David Langella of Buxton for their thoughts and kindness. A final thanks needs to go out to Pam and Chuck Freeman of Limerick; I love you both and you will forever be so special in my heart.
Visiting hours will be held on Monday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Blais & Hay Funeral Home, 35 Church St., Westbrook. Funeral services will take place at the funeral home on Tuesday at 10 a.m.