Rosalin Elise (Hicks) Braulick

NOVEMBER 24, 1942 – FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Rosalin Elise (Hicks) Braulick went to her Lord and Savior February 20th, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 24th, 1942, to Linnie Toepperwein Hicks and Charles Ross Hicks in San Antonio, Texas.

Rosalin was a graduate of Alamo Heights High School and Texas Lutheran (College) University where she met her husband, John Roald Braulick. She began her teaching career in Pasadena, TX in 1964. She and John were married in 1965 and then moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where John attended seminary and she continued her teaching career. Following John's pastoral call to Odessa, TX in 1968, they began their family with the birth of their son, Todd Ross Braulick, in 1969. Two and one-half years later, they were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Beth Lynn (Braulick) Smith. In 1972, the family moved to Victoria, Texas, where Rosalin and John raised their children in their early years among a loving church family at First English Lutheran Church. Rosalin later resumed her teaching career in Austin, Texas, where John was pastor at Peace Lutheran Church from 1979-1991. While in Austin, Rosalin enjoyed teaching, boating, crafts, baking, caring for her mother, and witnessing the high school graduations of her children. In 1991, John, Rosalin and her mother moved to San Antonio, where Rosalin continued caring for her mother and John became Sr. Pastor of Shepherd King Lutheran Church. Rosalin enjoyed raising Shetland sheepdogs and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

After back surgery in 2008, Rosalin developed peripheral neuropathy and struggled with constant foot pain as well as other debilitating health issues.

She is preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Lt. Colonels Norman W. Hicks (USMC Ret'd.) and Edward R. Hicks (U.S. Army Ret'd.) and their wives, Elaine Hicks and Martha Hicks. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband, John, her son Todd, his wife Jenny, their children Nathan, Michael and Elizabeth Braulick, and her daughter Beth, her husband Kip Smith, and daughters Alexandra, Makenzie and Isabelle, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her loving caregiver, Lorena DeLeon Castorena and lifelong best friends, Cindy Wainscott and Katheryn Boemer.

The funeral will be held Friday, February 26th, at 1:30 p.m., at Shepherd King Lutheran Church, 303 W. Ramsey Rd., 78216. A reception will be held at the church immediately following the service. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 1701 Austin Highway, 4:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donating to: The Rev. Dr. John and Rosalin Braulick Scholarship Fund at Texas Lutheran University, 1000 West Court Street, Seguin, Texas 78155, 1-830-372-8000, or The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, www.tffpn.org.