Vickie Sue Hicks

Vickie Sue Hicks

August 8, 1961 - July 19, 2023

BLUE GRASS - Vickie Sue Hicks, age 61, of Blue Grass, Iowa, passed away surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 . A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 27, 2023 at Blue Grass Presbyterian Church. A visitation will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at the church. Burial will take place in Blue Grass Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Kings Harvest Animal Shelter or the Blue Grass Presbyterian Church. Online condolences may be left at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com.

Vickie was born August 8, 1961, the daughter of Ray and Donna (McKibbin) Hicks, Davenport, Iowa. Vickie's life was a sum of family, faith and friends. An active member of the Blue Grass Presbyterian Church, Vickie participated in presenting children's time during church service, sharing in the responsibility of teaching the adult Sunday school class and providing baked goods for after service fellowship.

Employed at Bowman and Associates in Moline Illinois for 27 years, Vickie and her co-workers were far more then office mates. Together, this "small office with big results" created a second family that stood strong together and weathered all of life's ups and downs in both their professional and personal lives.

Vickie was a founding member of The Blue Grass Historical Society. As the historian, Vickie kept accurate and detailed records of all events, both large and small taking place in Blue Grass. She was proud of the community she called home. An animal lover, Vickie supported Kings Harvest Animal Shelter and cared for many of her own pets. It's well documented throughout her photos that any animal she brought home won the pet lottery. In the summer months Vickie could be found tending her many flower gardens, decorating the lawn to celebrate upcoming holidays, taking a spoiled dog on golf cart rides, and wistfully listening to wind chimes in the backyard of her childhood home. Although Vickie had many friends, she cherished her friendships of over 50 years with the "Lunch Girls". From elementary school to today, these ladies built a legacy of sisterhood that stood the test of time.

Family members who are continuing to honor Vickie are her parents, Ray and Donna Hicks, Blue Grass; siblings, Jeffery (Janet) Hicks, Muscatine, Iowa, and Peggy (Jeff) Patch, Coal Valley, Illinois; nephew, Jacob (Ayla) Hicks, Bunker Hill, Illinois; nieces, Megan (Luke) Sohm, State Center, Iowa, Jordan Patch, Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Allison (Colin Lorenz) Patch, East Moline, Illinois; great nephews, Morgen and Zane Hicks and Kellen Shriver.

Vickie is preceded in death by her nephew, Joseph Ray Hicks, whom she affectingly called her pumpkin boy.