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Submitted: 5/20/21 • Approved: 5/20/21 • Last Updated: 5/23/21 • R420206-G420205-S3
Hov 11, 1938-Jan 18, 2018
Obituary:
Wyvona Hicks, 79 of Follett, TX passed away January 18, 2018 at the Fairview Fellowship Home after a brief illness.
Wyvona Jean (Reger) Hicks was born November 11, 1938 in Shattuck, OK. She was the daughter of Samuel Earls Reger and Audrey Marie (Harrell) Reger of Follett, TX.
Wyvona was preceded in death by her parents, son Michael Alan Hicks, and sister Betty Bowers. She is survived by her daughter Bonnie and husband Rex Kraft of Watonga, OK; grandchildren Lisa Bartlett and husband Walt of Norman, OK, Erica Kraft of Oklahoma City, OK, Richard Kraft of Kingfisher, OK; great-grandchildren Darius Hayes and Arik Akers of Oklahoma City, OK and Troy Bartlett of Norman, OK; brother-in-law Donovan Bowers of Stillwater, OK; nephew Troy Bowers and wife Shanda of Jones, OK; niece Traci Thorpe and husband John of Ponca City, OK; and great-nieces and nephews.
Wyvona graduated from Follett High School in 1957 and briefly attended West Texas State University; she then worked at a restaurant and as a telephone operator for GTE in Perryton, TX.
Wyvona married David Hicks Jr. in December 1959 in Perryton, TX and soon welcomed their daughter Bonnie and two years later their son Michael. David was employed in the oilfield and they lived in several communities in Oklahoma and Texas before settling in Follett and later divorcing. She and her children then moved to the family farm which she dearly loved; and continued to live there until her health required her to have special care.
Wyvona attended Amarillo Beauty College in 1967-68 earning her cosmetology license. She also worked at Newman Memorial Hospital in Shattuck, OK in the dietary department obtaining her Food Service Supervisor’s certificate, but finished her career with the hospital in the Housekeeping Department.
Wyvona’s hobbies included embroidery, crocheting, reading and enjoying country music. She loved people and never met a stranger. She loved to visit with anyone and many hours were spent talking with friends and relatives in person and on the phone.
Memorials may be made to the Fairmont Cemetery in care of Shaw Funeral Home (P.O. Box 276, Vici, OK 73859).
Obittuary courtesy Shaw Funeral Home
Photo courtesy Glen Love
grlove63@gmail.com
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