Vera Hicks and Joseph William Folk
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
She married JOSEPH WILLIAM FOLK on June 30, 1954 in Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri.12682 He was born November 2, 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri,7377 and died August 14, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri.12683 He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.456
Work History
- Vera Hicks was a fashion designer in St. Louis.10201
Marriage Announcements and News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 30, 195412682
Chapel Wedding For Miss Hicks, Joseph W. Folk
The wedding of Miss Vera Hicks, daughter of Mrs. Reiter Hicks of the Hampton Hall apartments, 4406 McPherson avenue, to Joseph William Folk, pink in its appointments, took place this morning in the chapel of Second Presbyterian Church.
Two hundred friends and relatives gathered shortly before 11 o'clock to hear the service performed by the Rev. Dr. James W. Clarke. They found the chapel lighted by pink candles arranged in tall standards, and pink roses massed on either side of the altar and marking the front pews. The aisle was canvassed in pink.
The bride was in pale pink, from her tiny lace and flower hat with a brief nose veil, to her pink satin slippers. Her gown was fine pink chantilly lace over many layers of matching net and a pink satin underdress. The slim-fitting bodice was bound about the square neck and down the back with narrow satin held by matching cord tied in tiny bows, and the long lace sleeves were similarly bound and tied. A narrow satin sash, twice encircling the bride's waist, was tied at one side and had streamers to the dress hem. Even her flowers, lilies of the valley and stephanotis, were tinted pink and were fastened to a matching satin-covered prayer book. Gerald L. Bader gave his cousin in marriage.
Mrs. William Straub Anheuser, the bride's only attendant, was in beige lace over taffeta, the upper bodice fashioned of lace folds and the bouffant skirt, of three lace tiers, each secured by a taffeta band tied at the side with a taffeta bow. Mrs. Anheuser wore a small flower hat studded in rhinestones and pearls, and carried a bouquet of pink roses.
C. Alvin Snodgras was best man for Mr. Folk, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peterson Folk of New York, former St. Louisans. William W. Moulton, Edward G. Bischoff, Arthur H. Feuerbacher Jr. and Theodore F. Schroth were ushers.
After the ceremony a reception was given on the thirteenth floor of the university Club. The received line formed near the entrance to the cocktail lounge. Mrs. Hicks wore beige linen with heavy French lace edging the square neckline and inset in five rows on the flared skirt. She wore a white hat and white accessories, and a corsage of brown and white slipper orchids.
The bridegroom's mother, who with Mr. Folk arrived here several days ago, wore a navy blue faille suit, a white flower hat and a corsage of green and white orchids.
Small tables, arranged in the dining room, and the bridal table in the east room, were decorated with pink carnations and roses, as was the buffet table.
Out-of-town guests included Col. and Mrs. Francis E. Judkins, La Jolla, Calif.; Dr. and Mrs. Claire Graham, Chicago, and the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Maude Cochran, Greenville, Ill.
Mr. Folk and his bride have deferred their honeymoon until the Christmas holidays, when they will go to New York and Washington. They will occupy an apartment at 4905 Lindell boulevard.
Obituaries
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 17, 197312683
Joseph W. Folk Funeral Service
Funeral services for Joseph William Folk, a retired insurance salesman, were today at Alexander and Sons undertaking establishment, 6175 Delmar Boulevard. Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Mr. Folk, 67 years old, died Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital after a heart attack.
He was a distant relative of the late Joseph W. Folk, who was Governor of Missouri from 1904 to 1908. Mr. Folk was an agent for the New York Life Insurance Co. here for many years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Flinn of Greenwich, Conn., and a sister Miss Dorothy E. Folk of Wichita, Kan.
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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