RALPH LAVERNE HICKEY

September 11, 2019

GREENFIELD- Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Antioch Christian Church for Ralph Laverne Hickey, 85, Greenfield, who died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, at Greenfield Funeral Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Online condolences may be shared at www.greenfieldfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include two sons, Charles Hickey and Jeff Hickey; two daughters, Jennifer McGaugh and husband Ron and Pat McCarthy and husband Christ; one stepdaughter, Jerrylyn Morgan and husband Larry; his sister, Bonnie Johnson; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Raymah Earl Hickey; his sister-in-law, Betty Hickey and his brother-in-law, Bob Johnson.

Mr. Hickey was born Feb. 7, 1934, in Pilgrim, to Ralph Carter and Reba Jane (Steeley) Hickey. He was a 1952 graduate of Greenfield High School and served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He worked as an iron worker throughout his life and also enjoyed his cattle farm. He was a member of Antioch Christian Church.