W. Lynn Wickizer, 75, Hays, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at the Hays Medical Center.
He was born July 5, 1938 in McCook, Nebraska the son of Waldo E. and Helen M. (Christensen) Wickizer. He was the retired co-owner and CEO of the Wickizer Petroleum Company. He attended public schools in Wakeeney and was a 1956 graduate of Trego Community High School. He played basketball at Fort Hays Kansas State University, was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and graduated in 1961.
On November 4, 1973 he married Carol S. Chandler in Osborne, Kansas. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Hays, was a longtime member of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and was a Past State President of the Kansas Elks Association, was a member of the Half Century Club at FHSU, was an avid pheasant, turkey, and deer hunter who loved to help his sons get their deer. He also enjoyed camping and boating with family and friends and pulling his kids waterskiing.
Survivors include his wife, of the home, two sons, Ward Wickizer of Ellis, KS and Jess and Dawn Wickizer of Manhattan, two daughters Laura Dunaway and husband Tim of Olathe and Meagan Sherard and husband Ronnie of Alamogordo, NM, a sister Christine Vitztum and husband Gerald of Hays, eight grandchildren Cody Lockett, Shawn Dunaway, Wray Wickizer, Ben Wickizer, Shannon Dunaway, Taylor Sherard, Emma Sherard, and Levi Wickizer, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Rhetis Ann Simons.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church, Hays. Burial with graveside services by the BPOE will be in the Mt. Allen Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 pm until 7:00 Wednesday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and from 9:00 am until service time Thursday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped or to the Elks Hoop Shoot Scholarship Program, in care of the funeral home.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com