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Margaret Hickey

[April 16, 2012]  LINCOLN -- Margaret Miller Hickey, 90, a Lincoln native, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, in Roswell, Ga.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

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Margaret Miller Hickey, beloved wife of Lawrence T. Hickey, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Roswell, GA after suffering a heart attack. Predeceased by her husband, she leaves five children: Lawrence T. Hickey, Jr. and his wife Margaret of North Augusta, SC; Ann Hickey Peloquin and her husband Phillip of Brooklyn Heights, NY; Peter A. Hickey and his wife Laurie of Marietta, GA; John M. Hickey and his wife Sharon of Santa Fe, NM; and Joseph P. Hickey and his wife Ellen of Lake Forest, IL. She was also grandmother to 14 adored grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Margie's parents, brother, Burke Miller, and daughter-in-law, Patricia Hickey, predeceased her.

Margie was born on October 16, 1921 in Lincoln, IL to Leland and Catherine Miller. She attended local schools and excelled as a pianist under the direction of her beloved aunt, Florence Miller. Just prior to turning 17, she left Lincoln to attend college at Smith College in Northampton, MA from which she was graduated in 1942, cum laude.  Upon graduation, Margie joined several of her college friends to work for the U.S. Office of Price Administration in Washington, DC.  Near the end of World War II, she returned to Illinois, attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School and became an executive secretary at A. B. Dick & Co. in Chicago.  She met and married her husband, Larry, in Evanston, IL in 1947.

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Together, Margie and Larry lived and raised their five children in Milwaukee, WI, Cleveland, OH, Barrington, RI and finally in Town and Country (St. Louis), MO where they resided for 39 years until Larry's death in late 2006. In early 2007, she moved to a retirement community in Roswell, GA.

Margie was an active volunteer throughout her life in all the cities in which she lived and was a member of the Junior League, the Garden Clubs of America and the Smith College Clubs. She and Larry especially enjoyed a good bridge game and once Larry retired, they traveled extensively throughout the world. For over 20 years, they wintered on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, FL. For 30 years, Margie managed her family farms in Logan County. Forever true to her   mid-western roots, Margie and Larry cultivated a vast vegetable garden at their St. Louis home which gave them great pleasure.

Visitation will be held Friday, April 20, 2012 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm at Fricke, Calvert, Schrader Funeral Home, 127 S. Logan Street, Lincoln, IL, with a rosary preceding at 5:45 p.m.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Holy Family Church of Lincoln on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 11:00 am. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery, Lincoln, IL. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made in Margie's name to the Alzheimer's Association.