Carol Edna Hicks, 85, of Whitby, Ontario, passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 7, 2024, at Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering Hospital, in Ajax, Ontario. Carol was born on November 17, 1938, at the Albany hospital on Danforth Ave., in Toronto, Ontario, she was the daughter of the late Wallace and Doris (Moss) Gleed. She was raised in Toronto, on Chatham Ave., attending Wilkinson Public School, Earl Grey Senior Public School and graduating from Danforth Technical school where she studied home economics specializing in fashion design, patterning, tailoring, and dressmaking. After graduating, Carol started working at the Bell Telephone Company. Carol was united in marriage to Frederick Thomas Hicks, on April 18, 1959, at St. David’s Anglican Church. After marriage, Carol and Fred moved to Scarborough, Ontario, where she had two sons, Stephen and David and worked part-time at Simpson’s in Cedarbrae Mall. Carol returned to work for the Bell Telephone Company in 1964. Over the years, Carol enjoyed making new friends, great gatherings, sewing, knitting and reading. She especially loved enjoying time with her family and attending her grand children’s sports. Carol will be missed by her sons, Stephen (Melody), David (Ivy Tooley), brothers, Bill (Kerry Marshall) and Dennis (Jill) Gleed, 4 grandchildren, Justin, Brock, Shay (Garner) and Aiden, and great-grandchild Sutton MacFarlane. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Fred (2004), and sister June (Gleed) Bendell (2020).

A Funeral Service will be held at Pine Hills Cemetery and Funeral Centre on Saturday May 18, 2024, with viewing from 1:00-2:00 p.m., a service to from 2:00-3:00 pm, burial to follow in Pine Hills Cemetery. Reception to follow from from 3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.