Arthur Karl Wicks Sr.

Arthur Karl Wicks, Sr.,95, a lifelong Haverhill resident, passed away surrounded by his family on July 15, 2024. Born in Haverhill, he was the youngest child of William D. Wicks, Sr. and Sarah (Foss) Wicks. Arthur was a 1948 graduate of Haverhill High School and in the early 1950s, Arthur met the love of his life, Patricia M. Peck, while working together at Cranton Oil in Bradford, Massachusetts. In 1952, the couple eloped and were married 66 years until Patricia's passing in 2018.
Arthur had a keen eye for business and a desire to work hard and began by raising chickens to sell at the family home on Wellington Avenue. Throughout his life, Arthur found himself involved in numerous business endeavors. He was a builder and constructed many of the Cape Cod style homes that you see around Haverhill, Massachusetts, Atkinson, New Hampshire, and Sanford, Maine. He also had a unique eye for finding properties and rehabbing them into beautiful homes for resale.
In his later years, Arthur was actively buying, renovating, and selling homes. Patricia and Arthur would go on to purchase and run the Sea Den Motel in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire for many years. They were also heavily involved in the retail liquor industries, owning several local liquor stores including Plaza Liquors, White Street Package Store in Haverhill, Pare's Liquors in both Haverhill and Methuen, Massachusetts along with Broadway Liquors in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Arthur held a license as a Real Estate Broker in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire along with a Construction Supervisor License. He also served with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.
Arthur was a lifelong member and Deacon at the former First Congregational Church of Haverhill. He was an avid boater and spent countless summers at his home in Meredith, New Hampshire on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. He loved the water and enjoyed waterskiing and jet skiing. He stayed active by walking and going to the gym well into his early nineties. He was an avid reader, still preferring to get his news from the daily newspaper and would read two to three newspapers a day. He loved nothing more than going for a ride for a cup of hot cocoa and a donut at Heavenly's or an ice cream cone in his red Cadillac while listening to big band music, and songs by singers such as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Elvis. He was the king of Monopoly and checkers, never losing a game. He enjoyed spending time doing genealogical research with his granddaughter, Kaitlin, tracing family roots back to the American Revolution. He had the bushiest eyebrows that his family had ever seen and took considerable pride in how large they were, refusing to ever trim them.
Arthur is the husband of the late Patricia M. (Peck) Wicks, who passed away in 2018, and the father of their beloved son, Arthur Karl Wicks, Jr., who passed away after a courageous battle with Leukemia at the age of 3. He is also predeceased by his three siblings - Barbara Calnan, Ruth Hoffman, and William D. Wicks, Jr.
Arthur is survived by his devoted daughter Karen and her husband, Mark Wright, of Haverhill, son Daniel and his wife, Natalie, of Brentwood, New Hampshire, and daughter, Patricia S. Wicks of Plaistow, New Hampshire. He also leaves behind beloved grandchildren - Kaitlin M. Wright of Haverhill, Sarah Wicks and her husband, Karim Kanawati of Woodbridge, Virginia, Captain Eric Wicks - United States Army stationed in Iraq, Daniel B. Wicks of Brentwood, New Hampshire, and Monica and her husband, Shaun Yanosick, of North Hampton, New Hampshire, as well as several nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind his loyal friend of 65 years, Ronald Lambert of Haverhill, and business partner and friend, Pat Bennett of Atkinson, New Hampshire.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his visitation on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 9:30-10:30 in the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home, 106 Summer St., Haverhill. His Funeral Service will follow at the funeral home. Interment with military honors will be in the Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill.
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