 1914 - 1992 (78 years)
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| Name |
Opal M. Hicks |
| Born |
20 Jun 1914 |
Casey County, Kentucky  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Sep 1992 |
Flora, Indiana |
| Buried |
Musselman Cemetery, Camden, Indiana |
| Person ID |
I77713 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Father |
Irvin Finley Hicks, b. 2 Dec 1894, Casey County, Kentucky , d. 9 Dec 1974, Lafayette, Indiana (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Lanora Wethington, b. 2 Aug 1892, Kentucky , d. 9 Sep 1981 (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
19 Aug 1915 |
Liberty, Kentucky [1] |
| Family ID |
F31490 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Lewis H. Shaffer, b. 8 Feb 1915, Rock Creek Township, Indiana , d. 23 Oct 1977, Indianapolis, Indiana (Age 62 years) |
| Married |
12 May 1932 |
Carroll County, Indiana [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Janet Shaffer |
| | 2. Carole Shaffer |
| | 3. Janette Shaffer |
| | 4. Wilma L. Shaffer, b. 14 Nov 1932, d. 25 Feb 2000 (Age 67 years) |
| | 5. Bonnie Ellen Shaffer, b. 25 Jul 1935, Carroll County, Indiana , d. 6 Sep 2013, Royal Center, Indiana (Age 78 years) |
| | 6. Max D. Shaffer, b. 19 Mar 1939, d. 30 Jul 1998 (Age 59 years) |
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| Last Modified |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Family ID |
F31495 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Opal Maxwell, 78, of Flora, died at 2:30 a.m., Sept. 30, 1992, in her residence.
Born June 20, 1914, in Casey County, KY., she was the daughter of Irvin F. and Annie L. Wethington Hicks. Her marriage was on Feb. 8, 1946, in Wabash, to Myles R. Maxwell, who died March 9, 1986.
Mrs. Maxwell was employed at Essex in Flora, retiring in 1977. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Camden, the American Legion Auxiliary. Camden, and Order of the Eastern Star No. 220, Southwest City, Missouri.
Surviving are three sons, Robert Maxwell of Galveston, Ronald Maxwell of Lafayette, and Max Shaffer of Logansport; five daughters, Wilma Greco of Provo, Ariz. Janette Miller of Delphi, Bonnie Ross of Flora, Joan Carman of Noblesville, and Carole Maroney of Lucerne; two brothers, Oral Hicks of Lafayette and Wilbur Hicks of Huntington; 27 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren preceded her in death.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Cree Funeral Home, Camden, with the Rev. Bill Godbey officiating. Burial will be in Musselman Cemetery., Rt. 1, Camden.
Memorials may be made to the Lafayette Home Health Care Hospice.
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| Sources |
- [S1568] Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979.
- [S411] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005;).
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