Doris (Severance) Hicks, 83, of Bloomfield, CT, beloved wife of the
late Richard T. Hicks, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 23,
2009, surrounded by her family at the home of her son in Sandy, Utah.
Born in Syracuse, NY, on June 23, 1926, the daughter of Roscoe and Ruth
(Ball) Severance, she graduated from Nottingham High School in Syracuse
in 1943.
After graduating from Smith College in Northampton, MA, in 1946 with a
double major in physics and chemistry, Doris joined Pratt and Whitney
where she tested jet engines in the wind tunnel. She met Richard Hicks
at Pratt and Whitney and they were married in 1947.
While raising her four children, she served as a tutor for homebound
students in Bloomfield and was a dedicated volunteer, serving many
years as president of the Greater Hartford Girl Scout Council. Doris
worked for her son as property manager of the Brookhaven Condominiums
in Manchester, CT, and later with her daughter at Play it Again Sports
in West Hartford.
Doris and her husband both loved skiing and were members of the
Hartford Ski Club since the 1940s. She enjoyed sailing, reading,
gardening, fishing, watching birds, playing the piano and doing
crossword puzzles. Doris was an avid and enthusiastic fan of UConn
basketball, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Red Sox.
Most of all, Doris will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and
grandmother who devoted her life to her family. She is survived by a
daughter, Elizabeth Hicks and her husband Ray Thomas of Tariffville and
Fayston, VT; three sons, Peter Hicks and his wife Rose Ho of Milton,
MA, Douglas Hicks of Avon, and William Hicks and his wife Kimberly
Keefer-Hicks of Sandy, UT; a brother, Richard Severance and his wife
Louise of West Dover, Vermont, and Round Island, NY; three grandsons,
Lucas Hicks of Milton, MA, and Richard and Benjamin Hicks of Sandy, UT,
and a step-granddaughter Danielle Thomas of Blacksburg, VA.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1990 and a brother, Robert
Severance. The funeral service was held on Saturday, June 27, at 11
a.m. in the chapel of the Carmon Windsor Funeral Home, Windsor. Burial
will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Bloomfield. Following the burial
there will be a reception at the home of her daughter. In lieu of
flowers, please make donations in her name to the National Parkinson
Foundation, Inc., Office of Development, 1501 NW 9th Avenue/Bob Hope
Road, Miami, Florida 33136-1494, or by visiting www.parkinson.org. For
online condolences please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.
