John Jack Hicks

John G. "Jack" Hicks age 71, died peacefully at home on Monday February 17, 2025.

Friends may call on Friday (Feb 21) from 4-7pm at the Cheney Funeral Home 70 Main Street Phelps. Private burial will be held at a later date in Resthaven Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held on March 15 at the Phelps American Legion.

The family requests the courtesy of no flowers. They ask that memorial contributions be made to Beverly Animal Shelter 50 E. River Road Waterloo, NY 13165 or the Phelps Community Center 8 Banta Street Suite 100, Phelps, NY 14532.

Jack was born on December 17, 1953 in Newark, NY the son of the late Dennis and Mary Devereaux Hicks. He retired from Valve Tech in Production Control. Jack loved sports especially The Cleveland Browns, New York Yankees and Syracuse. He had a true passion for horses and horse racing. He was a statistical genius, spending many hours running statistics for horses history in racing, and football. Jack had a race horse named after him and his close friend Bernie, whose name is Jak N Burny. He enjoyed playing golf and spent many years with his wife BJ, playing softball and traveling all over, even to Canada to play in Softball Tournaments. Jack loved to garden and cook. He enjoyed grilling and was a master at making a variety of soups. He loved being at Sodus Bay at the family cottage and cooking for all of the family. Jack also enjoyed going to Casinos. He was also a lover of animals, especially his cats. To say music was a big part of Jack's life would be an understatement. He loved his music, especially the 60's, 70's and 80's and it was very rare that anyone was better at music trivia than Jack.

He is survived by his loving wife of almost 50 years Bette "BJ" Hicks of Phelps
Son Derek (Laura) Hicks of Clifton Springs
Daughter Leslie Hicks (Grant Kitchen) of Lyons
Grandchildren, Brayden Kitchen
Blake Kitchen
Nina Hicks and Drew Hicks
Brothers and Sisters
Dennis (Terri) Hicks of Seneca Castle
Elaine (Dane) Hackley of Las Vegas
Loretta (Mike) Horn of NC
Marla (Joe) Sweeney of Phelps
Stephen (Vicki) Hicks of Phelps
Many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was predeceased by his brother George Hicks and Step-father Paul Steen