OBIT: Esther H. (HESS) HICKES, 1920s, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Alan Saltsman Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ MRS. ESTHER H. HICKES Mrs. Esther Hess Hickes, widow of A. George Hickes, formerly of Coalmont, Huntingdon county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Carothers, Alverton, Pa., Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, following an eight weeks' illness. She was born in 1858, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gillam) Hess. In 1876 she was united in marriage with A. George Hickes. Mr. Hickes died twenty years ago. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Nora Campbell, Williamsburg; Andrew J. Hickes and Charles W. Hickes, Tyrone; H. C. Hickes, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche Scott, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Jane Falls, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Paul E. Hickes, Paoli, Pa.; and Mrs. Margaret Carothers, Alverton, Pa., with whom she made her home for the past ten years. She is also survived by one brother, James N. Hess, Westwood, California, 27 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was a life long member and active worker of the Methodist Episcopal church, for many years at Coalmont and for the past ten years at Alverton. A short service will be held at the Carothers home at Alverton Wednesday morning at nine o'clock. Immediately after the service the funeral party will proceed to Saxton where services will be conducted in the Church of God at two o'clock in the afternoon, followed by burial in Fockler cemetery. Clipping Contributor's Note: Esther appears in the 1920 census, but does not appear in the 1930 census. 1920 Census PA Huntingdon Co. Carbon Twp. Dist. 65 **Esther Hicker [HICKES] 61 [born abt 1859] PA PA PA Head Widow Charles W. Hicker [HICKES] 23 [born abt 1897] PA PA PA Son Married Merchant _____ _____ Susie S. Hicker [HICKES] 21 [born abt 1899] PA PA PA Son's wife Married Elizabeth HESS 81 Mother [born abt 1839] PA PA PA PA USA USA Widow Mary E. Hicker [HICKES] 1 mo [born 1920] PA PA PA Son's daughter