Vera Hicks
VERA HICKS, daughter of ETHEL MAE REITER and EARL FLOYD HICKS, was born in 1912, and died December 23, 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri.10201
Work History
- Vera Hicks was a fashion designer in St. Louis.10201
Obituaries
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 25, 199110201
Vera Hicks Folk, 80; Fashion Designer
Vera Hicks Folk, a fashion designer whose custom-made gowns once adorned members of high society, died of a heart ailment Monday (Dec. 23, 1991) at her home in the city's West End. She was 80.
Vera Hicks was synonymous with custom-made women's clothing in St. Louis for many years. She designed and made the gowns for the Veiled Prophet queen and special maids each year for 12 years during the 1940s and 1950s.
That was while she was head of the custom-made clothing department for the old Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney department store and later in her own ship in the Park Plaza Hotel.
In 1938, she and her mother went into the custom dressmaking business together in Clayton, where she began making her reputation as a designer.
Scruggs bought out their shop in 1948, ,turning it into the stores's custom-made clothing department.
She left the department store in 1954. A few years later, she opened the Vera Hicks Shop at the park Plaza. She operated it for 17 years.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Mary's Chapel at St. Michael and St. George Episcopal Church, 6345 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton. The body was cremated.
There are no immediate survivors.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 31, 192010200 | Hachita, Grant, New Mexico |
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| April 10, 19306912 | University, St. Louis, Missouri |
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| April, 19509624 | St. Louis, Missouri |
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