Olive K. Hicks

COLEBROOK – Olive Keach Hicks, 89, of Colebrook, died peacefully on Monday morning, July 4, 2016, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital with her children at her side. Her 90th birthday would have been July 31. Olive was born on July 31, 1926, to the late Howard N. and Susan (Oakes) Keach. She was a 1944 graduate of Colebrook Academy, and later attended the University of NH and graduated from the Chandler School of Business in Boston with a degree in secretarial science. Upon graduation, she worked for an insurance company in Boston. Olive married Richard W. Hicks, Sr., her high school sweetheart, in Oct., 1946, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Colebrook. She and Richard made their home in Colebrook raising four children, Alison, Katherine, Richard, Jr., and David. When their children were young, they enjoyed summers at their camp on Lake Wallace, Vt. With their children grown, she and Richard spent their winters in Port Charlotte, Fla. Olive was a life-long member of St. Stephen’s Church where she taught Sunday school, was a church organist, and a member of the Wonder Workers. She was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Eureka Chapter #2, and she enjoyed gardening, reading and playing the piano. She is survived by her children, Alison Hicks Sweatt and husband Van of Durham, Katherine Hicks Tremblay and husband Gabriel of Wolfeboro, Richard Hicks, Jr. and wife Joni of Colebrook, and David Hicks, Sr. and wife Cindy of Colebrook; 7 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jean Haynes of Colebrook. She is predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Richard W. Hicks, Sr., in 2012, and by her brother, Howard N. Keach, Jr. Calling hours will be at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH, on Sunday, July 10, 2016, from 2 to 4 p.m. An Episcopal funeral will be held the next morning, Monday, July 11, at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Church in Colebrook, with interment to immediately follow at the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Olive may be made to the Colebrook Public Library, c/o Julie Colby, 126 Main St., Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements in NH are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.

Olive K. Hicks

July 31, 1926 - July 4, 2016