Margaret (Head) Bickett

Lula Margaret, “Mom”, “Granny”, “Lutzie”, Bickett, 87 of Ridgway, Illinois was born on February 16, 1934 in Stanley, Kentucky and died on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at her home.  This was the anniversary date of her mother’s passing in 1984.  Margaret is the daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Roxie (Hardy) Head of Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky.  She has five brothers and five sisters.  Of those children, Leo, Martin, Charlie, Kenneth, George, and Sarah have gone before her.  Margaret is survived by her other siblings:  Marian Lee, Martha Roussell, Mary Ann Clouse and Wilma Jean Sims, all of Owensboro, KY.  Margret married Edmund F. Bickett  on January 16, 1954.  Edmund preceded her in death on November 27, 2017.  Margaret  moved from Owensboro to Ridgway around the year of 1962.  They were blessed with eight children: Susan (Don) Bachmann, Edmund L. (Linda) Bickett, Janice D. Bickett, Donna (Jeff) Short, Kim (Shannon) Bickett, Tim (Tracy) Bickett, Phillip E. Bickett (deceased) and Laurie Bickett Marti.  Margaret is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was an active member of St. Patrick’s Pond Settlement for many years.  Margaret was a wonderful Granny and loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren very much.  She also loved to read and going to the Theater. After raising her children, she became the Pastoral Associate at St. Joseph’s, Elizabethtown for two years and then became the Pastoral Associate at St. Mary’s in Harrisburg for fifteen years.  Margaret loved her life and she loved what she did.  She has made the ultimate gift, the gift of oneself, of donating her body to Saint Louis University School of Medicine.  There will be a remembrance memorial at a later date.  Margaret  will be greatly missed but will live forever in our heart and mind.  Donations in Margaret’s memory may be made to the Hospice of Southern Illinois, 204 Halfway Road, Marion, IL 62959.  Internet condolences may be made at the website, www.vickeryfuneralchapel.com .  Vickery Funeral Chapel in Ridgway in charge of arrangements.