Ronald William Hicks

Grosse Pointe Farms resident Ronald W. Hicks, age 85, passed away on November 12, 2013. Mr. Hicks was born to Harold O. and Wilhelmina (Little) Hicks on October 31, 1928 at Old Cottage Hospital, and was wheeled across Kercheval Avenue into the newly opened facility a few days later. He graduated from Southeastern High School, class of June 1946, and then attended Cass Technical High School, taking night courses in automotive repair and welding. Mr. Hicks retired after a long career at AM Multigraphics working as a Service Representative, and later as a Sales Account Manager. He continued to work in the printing field, completing his career with a position at United Way Detroit in the Print and Graphic Design Department. Mr. Hicks served four years in the United States Naval Reserve with the Construction Battalion Unit CB 9-14, based out of Detroit Broadhead Naval Armory. It was through this service that he learned to ski in the mountains of Colorado during training and survival missions. He was a former member of Bayview Yacht Club, and Past Commodore of the Grosse Pointe Farms Boat Club. In recent years, Mr. Hicks was active in senior exercise classes at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church & Cultural Center. He participated in weekly recitation of the Rosary at St. Paul on the Lake, and volunteered at Riverview Health and Rehab Center. He enjoyed sailing, skiing, canoeing, concerts, jazz music and dancing. Mr. Hicks was predeceased by his loving wife and dance partner of 47 years, Rosemary Clifton Hicks, his brother Charles G. Hicks, and his sister Mary Hicks Kavanaugh. He is survived by three daughters: Carol Ann (John) Austerberry, Cynthia Hicks (David) Holme, Mary Beth (Jim) Nicholson; four grandchildren, Ann Marie, Charlotte, and Margaret Nicholson, and John (Jack) Holme; his sister-in-law, Elaine Hicks, and many nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, November 22 at 10 AM at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, with later internment at St. Paul Columbarium, Grosse Pointe Farms. Visitation will begin at 9:30 AM in the church gathering space. Arrangements were made by A.H. Peters Funeral Home, Grosse Pointe Woods. Memorial contributions may be made to United Way of Southeast Michigan or the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute Research Fund.

Funeral Home:

A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe Woods

20705 Mack

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236

Visitation:

A.H. Peters Funeral Home

20705 Mack Avenue

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236