Margaret Helen Hicks

December 30, 1929 - April 13, 2022

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Margaret Helen Bella was born on December 30, 1929 in Melville Saskatchewan, Canada to Rosa and Gaza Bella. She was born in a two room cabin and was the oldest of six.

Margaret met David Roy Cruickshank in Melville Sask. at the age of 19. David moved to California in 1949 and Margaret followed a couple months later. The two married in 1949. After getting married the two moved to West Minister California and started their family. Margaret had four children. Leslie, Roy, Darlene, and Jeannette.

Margaret worked as a nurse’s aide in the St Mary’s Hospital in Long Beach California. After living in West Minister, Margaret moved to Willamina, Oregon in 1970 and started working at the Sheridan Care Center. The next year she lost her husband David to a massive heart attack. She later met Robert Hicks in 1977 and they married the same year.

Margaret retired at the age of 72 from Sheridan Care. She was a hard worker all of her life. Margaret is a grandmother to many and had a special place in her heart for her great granddaughter Aubree.

Margaret passed away at the age of 92 at her home with her loved ones by her side on April 13, 2022. No services are planned at this time and private interment will be held at Buck Hollow Cemetery in Willamina, OR.

Arrangements are by West Valley Funeral Home in Sheridan, OR.

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