A Memorial service for Hanne Lane Hicks, 72, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, March 9, 2013, at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Mr. Hicks died at 3:45 a.m., Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Ozarks Medical Center.

He was born March 27, 1940, at Columbia, Missouri, to Hanne John Hicks and Laurie Saxer Hicks.  On August 18, 1962, he was married at Bloomington, Indiana, to Donna Jackson.  Mr. Hicks was an English and Theatre teacher at Bloomington High North and University High School, both in Bloomington, Indiana and was a member of American Federation of Teachers and A.C.L.U.  He loved fishing and playing bridge and enjoyed trips to Alaska.  Mr. Hicks was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Donna Hicks, of the family home; two children, Dale Hicks, wife, Dawn, West Plains and Christian Hicks, wife, Kally, Kodiak, Alaska; two grandchildren, Garrit Hicks and Evan Hicks; one brother, John Hicks, wife, Mary Ann, Des Moines, Iowa; and two nephews, Marty Hicks and Scott Hicks.

His parents precede him in death.