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Roy Wicker

December 12, 1916 — February 26, 2017

Olaf Roy Wicker, 100, of Hawley, Minnesota, died February 26, 2017, at Hawley Senior Living, Hawley, MN.

Roy was born December 12, 1916, in Fargo, ND, to Olaf and Mary Murphy Wicker. He was the oldest of twelve children. Roy grew up and attended school in Hawley, graduating from Hawley High School in 1934. He worked for Ed Peck, Peterson Brothers Store, and was a clerk at the Hawley Post Office. In the spring of 1941 he entered the U.S. Army. He served in the South Pacific in the Amphibious Forces in the Solomon Isles and the Philippines. On October 4, 1942, he married Rhoda E. Berry in Jasper County, Iowa. Following his military discharge, he returned to Hawley where he was employed as a rural mail carrier, retiring in 1982.

Roy belonged to Hawley Lutheran Church, where he sang in the choir, was on the Church Council and taught Sunday School. He was a Scout Master and was also on the Clay County Draft Board. He received a Distinguished Service Award in 2003, and the VFW Public Service Medal and Senior Citizen of the Year in 2004. Roy served on the Hawley Cemetery Board as sexton since 1957.

He is survived by his children, Elizabeth, Timothy, Christine, Scott, Eric and Matthew; nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Rhoda, three children, Thomas, Aileen and Bryce.

Visitation will be Friday, March 3, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., followed by the funeral at 10:30 a.m., in Wright Funeral Home, Hawley, MN.

Interment will be at Hawley Cemetery

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