Sharon Hickey

Sharon Ann Hickey of Toledo, age 91, died peacefully at home on Saturday, August 19, 2023. She was born in Toledo on August 5, 1932 to the late Carl and Mary (Sloan) Adamshick, the third of four children. Sharon graduated from St. Joseph's catholic school in Maumee and from Notre Dame Academy in Toledo. She received her Bachelor's degree from Marygrove College in Detroit and her Master's degree from the University of Toledo. Sharon married the late Gene Hickey in 1955, and they raised six children in south Toledo. She was an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, serving in numerous capacities, from scout leader to CCD teacher to Eucharistic minister. She began her career as a case-worker for the Lucas County Welfare Department, followed by decades as a social worker with the Toledo Public Schools. Following retirement she continued various volunteer work, including with the YWCA women's shelter, Meals on Wheels, as well as the quiet but consistent care of many family members, neighbors, friends and acquaintances who were sick or struggling, embodying the Lord's admonition "not to practice charity so as to be noticed by others," but "to serve others privately, and your Father, who sees everything you've done, will provide your reward." Until her final illness she travelled extensively with family and friends, and her social life was full and varied well into her eighties. In addition to her parents, Sharon was preceded in death by her daughter, Jeanne, in 1975, by her brothers, Rufus and Rick Adamshick, and by her granddaughter, Ellen, in 2020. She is survived by her sister, Mary Pat Anderson, by her children, Kevin (Marie) Hickey, Timothy (Laura) Hickey, Terry (Karen) Hickey, Sharon (William) Kozek, and Patrick (Susan) Hickey, by her seventeen grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and by Bob Pickard, her closest friend in recent years. Visitation will be Friday, August 25, in the narthex of Our Lady of Perpetual Church, 2255 Central Grove Ave., Toledo, OH 43614, at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m., and burial at Calvary Cemetery. Contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter. Please view and sign our online "guest registry" at CoyleFuneralHome.com

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Sharon Hickey

August 5, 1932 - August 19, 2023