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John E. Hicks
August 25, 1919 ~ April 25, 2015
April 29, 2015
John E. Hicks, age 94, passed away on April 25, 2015 at the Community Restorium in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

John was born on August 27, 1919 in War, West Virginia to Jesse and Flaranda Hicks. He attended elementary schools there in West Virginia, and worked in a coal mine. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and served in World War II. He was discharged in 1946.

He married Florence and adopted her daughter Sandy, and settled in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1956 he moved with his family to Phoenix where he and his brother ran a construction company. John retired in 1988, and moved to Moyie Springs, Idaho. After the death of his wife Florence, he married Cleo Mae in 2003.

John is survived by his wife Cleo Mae of Bonners ferry; daughter Sandy Shuman and husband Fred; grandchildren Chris Domeraski, LuAnn Domeraski and 4 Great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Florence and Mary Ellen.