Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....HICKS, MERWIN BENJAMIN August 1968
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Gladwin County Record dated 08-28/1968 Column - 7 Page - 1
MERWIN HICKS DIES TUESDAY

   Merwin B. Hicks, 55, former Beaverton Intermediate School principal, died 
Tuesday evening in the Midland Hospital following a long illness. Born in 
Kingsley on July 24, 1913, he came to Gladwin County 10 years ago from 
Freeland and was Intermediate School principal until illness forced his 
retirement the first of August. 
   Mr. Hicks was active in community and Boy Scout work an dwas a member of 
the Michigan Secondary Principals Association and past president of the 
Beaverton Lions Club. He was married to the former Ruth Sager on July 2, 1935, 
in Spring Arbor.
   Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bertha Pritchard of 
Mt. Morris; two sons, Gerald of Beaverton and Steven at home; three daughters, 
Mrs. Ruth Ann Miller of Freeland, Mrs. Linda Burr of Middleton and Peggy at 
home; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Gallup, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Mabel Voller of 
Spring Arbor and Mrs. Velma Burt of Lansing; and eight grandchildren.
   Private services will be held Friday at the Miner Funeral Home. The Rev. A. 
H. Keesler will officiate and burial willl be in the Beaverton Cemetey. 
Members of the family will be at the funeral home from 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 
p.m. Thursday. A memorial has been established to buy books for the Beaverton 
Intermediate School library. Cards are available at the funeral home. 

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