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William J. Hickman, Air Force veteran

November 16, 2022

William J. Hickman, 90, of Tinton Falls, N.J., formerly of Lewes, passed away Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. He was born Dec. 3, 1931, in Rahway, N.J., son of the late William and Jeannette (Colyer) Hickman.

Bill was a member of Rahway High School Class of 1949, a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and a graduate of Rutgers University (1971). Bill enjoyed singing in various barbershop quartets. In the 1980s, he was the exalted ruler of East Brunswick Elks Lodge 2370 and later a member of Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540. He retired from Bristol Myers Squibb as a computer systems analyst and subsequently relocated from North Brunswick, N.J. to Angola by the Bay, where he enjoyed playing golf and crabbing with his grandchildren.

Bill is survived by his wife of 45 years, Joanne (Kulpa Carolan); his children: Pat Uchrin (Ed-deceased), Gary Hickman, Janet Santaniello (Dan), Pam Carolan (Todd Eagleson) and Jill Carolan Famula (Chris); his grandchildren: Jim Uchrin, Mike Uchrin (Christina), Katie Uchrin, Jacquie Olsen (John), Heather Printz, MacKenzie Bonnar, Brook Eagleson, Grace Eagleson, Cal Famula and Carolan Famula; and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 21, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Hwy., Lewes, where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. Cemetery committal with military honors will take place following the service at 1 p.m., at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro.

 All who cannot attend in person are invited to join the services via livestream by visiting the following link: parsellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/permalink/10756440/LTWebcast.

Visit Bill’s Life Memorial webpage and sign his virtual guestbook at parsellfuneralhomes.com.

 

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