Beryl D. Hicks

Beryl D. Hicks

Primghar, Iowa

 Services for Beryl D. Hicks, age 88, of rural Primghar who passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at his home. His funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. on Monday, December 9, 2024, at the Church of Christ in Primghar with Pastors Mike Cooper and Jeffrey Hicks, officiating.

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 Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Primghar.

 Visitation with family present will be from 3 to 5 P.M. on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Primghar.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Primghar Church of Christ .

 Funeral Service for 

Beryl David Hicks 

 Monday, December 9th, 2024 

10:30 AM 

At the Primghar Church of Christ 

Primghar, Iowa 

   Officiating: 

Pastors Mike Cooper & Jeffrey Hicks 

 Music: 

Don & Kathy Gordon 

College classmate and lifelong friend of Beryl’s 

 Pallbearers: 

Beryl’s Grandchildren 

 Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Primghar 

A luncheon will be served at the United Church of Primghar, following interment. 

Beryl David Hicks was born Saturday, January 11, 1936, in a drafty farmhouse north of Linn Grove, Iowa. He was the third and youngest child of George & Lucille Hicks. In 1947 George bought and moved his family to a farm one mile south and one mile east of Primghar, Iowa. Beryl never wandered very far from this farm, nor for very long.

A 1954 graduate of Primghar High School and 1957 graduate of Nebraska Christian College, Beryl married Janice Hinkel on Saturday, August 10, 1957, at the Church of Christ in Mondamin, Iowa. After marriage they lived in Sheldon, Iowa, where Beryl pastored at the Church of Christ. Three sons were born to Beryl and Jan during their years in Sheldon: David Beryl, Timothy Mark, and Jeffrey Scott.

In October of 1962, Beryl & Jan bought a farm across the road south of his parents’ place and farmed together with his dad until George’s retirement. During their years in Primghar, Beryl & Jan pastored the Churches of Christ in Akron and Primghar, Iowa, and the Eastfriesland Church of Christ in Rushmore, Minnesota. Beryl & Jan were also instrumental in establishing the Midwest Christian Children’s Home in Peterson, Iowa. 

And he farmed – literally until the day before his death on Sunday, December 1, 2024, six weeks prior to his 89th birthday.

Beryl was preceded in death by his beloved wife Jan, their son Tim, his parents, and his older brother Dick. Beryl is survived by: his sister Shirley & her husband Otho Kinsley; his sons & their wives--Dave & Kay Hicks and Jeff & Angie Hicks; seven grandchildren--Turner & Staci Hicks, Kiley Hicks & Alan Fligg, Keagan & Hannah Hicks, Wyatt & Gillian Hicks, Phillip & Kristin Hicks, Alex & Elizabeth Hicks, Maggie & Jake Luck; thirteen great-grandchildren--Preston, Elsie, Mattie & Hazel Hicks, Benjamin, Matthew & Nathaniel Hicks, Ingrid & Mathilda Hicks, Elliot Hicks, and Winifred, Edith & Hollis Cole.