LOGAN, UTAH: Verda Hicken passed away on Saturday, November 29,2003 in Logan. Verda was born in Heber City, Utah on September 18, 1915, the oldest daughter of Elijah Moulton and Erma Jensen Hicken. She received her early schooling in Salt Lake City, Cowley, Wyoming, Hinckley Utah, and Richmond, Utah. She graduated from North Cache High School, LDS Business College, and BYU.

Verda was gifted in music and played the piano, organ, and violin. She was the organist in the Primary, and she and her mother often played duets together.

She a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and held several positions in the auxiliaries of the Church. Verda was an avid genealogist and spent countless hours doing family research. She worked in the sealing department of the Logan Temple for 13 years but had to quit to take care of her aging parents. She still continued to served in Church callings by writing the ward newsletter and the ward history. She wrote countless words of encouragement to people who were shut in or had problems. She was a true Christian as her personal testimony stated, "As God is, I can become if I follow the plan he laid out for me."

Verda is survived by her siblings Dean (Marion) Hicken of Logan, Fay (George) Jarvis of Provo, Rhea (Val) Black (California), Leon (Colleen) Hicken of California, and a sister-in-law, Colleen Hicken of Ogden. She was preceded in death by her parents, J. Hugh Hicken (brother), Joann Palmer (sister), and Dennis Hicken (nephew).

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 11:00 am in the Allen-Hall Mortuary chapel, 34 East Center, Logan with a viewing one hour prior to services. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 pm in the Heber City Cemetery.

Special thanks to the staff at Logan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Terrace Grove for their hours of loving care on Verda's behalf. Online condolences may be sent to the family at Allen-Hall Mortuary