Reta Hickey Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

ROCHESTER - Reta Roberta Hickey, 66, of 6 Sunview Lane, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.Born April 4, 1943 in Berlin, N.H., she was the daughter of the late Etta and Hartley Sweatt, Clarence Petzold, and Agnes Raymond.Reta had lived in Rochester for 38 years after moving from Errol. She had been a long time member of the Congregational Church in Errol. She had a great love for her family, friends, camp, loons, and children. She enjoyed to line dance at Kumminigans in Milton, and buffets.Members of her family include her son, Mark Hickey and wife, Trish, of Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.; her daughter, Laurie Bernier and husband, Sam, of Milton; her brothers, Lewis "Chewy" Sweatt and wife, Paula, of Millsfield, N.H., and Donald Petzold and wife, Donna, of Plaistow; her grandchildren, Corey Stockbridge, Jeremy Brooks, and Justin Brooks; sister-in-law, Jane Sweatt of New London, N.H.She was predeceased by Oscar Hickey; her brothers, Raymond Petzold and Lorence Sweatt. Calling hours will be held Friday, Jan. 29, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with words of remembrance from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the R. M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home, 86 S. Main Street, Rochester, N.H.Calling hours will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Errol Congregational Church, 102 Main St., Errol, N.H.A funeral service will immediately follow at 2 p.m.Burial will be held in the spring.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Reta Hickey Memorial Culinary Scholarship, c/o Northeast Credit Union, 200 Charles St., Rochester, NH 03867 Attn.: Mail Teller.Visit the online guest book at www.fosters.com/obits