Lyle R. Hickox
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - July 11, 2012
Lyle R. Hickox, 84, Grand Junction, died July 7, 2012, at Mantey
Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center.
Services will be at 3 p.m. July 27 at the Veterans Cemetery of Western
Colorado.
Survivors include his wife, Norma; one son, Neil of Simi Valley, Calif.;
one brother, Robert of West Farmington, N.M.; two sisters, Edith
Sloan of West Farmington and Lois Swiger of Cortland, Ohio; and
two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to Mantey Heights Rehabilitation and
Care Center, 2825 Patterson Road, Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D - July 22, 2012
Lyle R. Hickox, age 84, passed
away July 7, 2012, at 8:05 a.m. at
Mantey Heights Rehabilitation &
Care Center in Grand Junction,
CO, due to complications of age.
Lyle was born November 11,
1927, in West Farmington, OH, to
Thelma and Elbert Hickox. He
graduated from Farmington High
School in 1945. After graduation,
he enlisted in the Army and served first as a mechanic and then as a
medic and ambulance driver. He also had ski training at the same
base where the 10th Mountain Division had trained.
After serving in the Army, Lyle married Norma Green of West
Farmington on July 14, 1950. After a short honeymoon they settled
down in West Farmington, where he was employed by Sloan Construction
and then Chardon Rubber. After 20 years of marriage, Lyle
and Norma were blessed with the birth of their only child, Neil Edwin
Hickox. Lyle was chief of the Farmington Volunteer Fire Dept.
and was also a member of the Knights of Pythias of West Farmington.
After moving to Vail, CO, Lyle was in charge of maintenance for
the condominium of President Gerald Ford. He was an usher at the
Christmas Eve church service at the Chapel in Vail attended by
President Ford and his family. He escorted President Ford to his seat
while his wife, Norma, played the organ for the service.
Later the family moved to Grand Junction where Lyle was in
charge of maintenance for Valley Federal Savings and Loan (now
Alpine Bank). After retiring from Valley Federal he served as an
attendant in their parking lot for several years.
Lyle loved to travel. He and his wife visited all 50 states - the last
one being the 50th state of Hawaii on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Lyle is survived by his wife, Norma of Grand Junction, CO; their
son, Neil (Claudia) of Simi Valley, CA; two grandchildren, Fiorella
and Leland also of Simi Valley, CA; two sisters, Edith Sloan of W.
Farmington, and Lois Swiger of Cortland, and one brother, Robert
Hickox (Joan) of W. Farmington. He was preceded in death by his
parents, Thelma and Elbert Hickox; his brothers, Elbert, Jr., Dale,
and Roy, and one sister, Janet Cooper.
Services in Colorado for Lyle, a World War II Veteran, will be
held on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. at the Veterans Cemetery
in Grand Junction. Memorial services in Ohio for Lyle were
held on Saturday, July 21, at 2:00 p.m. at Farmington Methodist
Church. Taking part in those services were the K of P Lodge, the
VFW and the Farmington Fire Dept.
Memorial contributions may be made in Lyle's name to Mantey
Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2825 Patterson Road,
Grand Junction, 81506 or to Hospice and Pallative Care of Western
Colorado, 3090B North 12th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Callahan-Edfast
Mortuary.
