Julie Kay Sickles

Julie Kay (Corrick) Sickles, age 64, passed away on December 21, 2023. She was born in Wenatchee, WA on July 31, 1959. The family moved to Minnesota and then to California before settling in Wenatchee when she was eight. She graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1977 and in 1997 graduated from Wenatchee Valley College with honors She worked for many years at the Wenatchee Valley Clinic. She loved her children and her grandson, who was born on her 53rd birthday. She kept all of the notes, cards, and doodles that her kids left for her over the years. She led the youth group for several years at Faith Lutheran Church, where she touched the lives of many teenagers and young adults. She was very creative and loved to sew. She made Halloween costumes, kid-sized aprons and oven mitts, and even a tuxedo for her 6-month-old son. She loved to bake. Her philosophy of why have 1 or 2 flavors when you can have 10 was never more apparent than at our family reunions where she provided the desserts. She took time off work every December to make cookies.... lots of cookies that she sent to work with her husband and daughters and shared with her coworkers. She experimented with new recipes every year, usually choosing 15 or more new ones to try. She spent hours making trays and trays of cookies She also made the best cinnamon rolls - her Aunt Donnie felt nobody could ever make cinnamon rolls as good as Grandma Corrick's except for Julie. A few years ago she found her biological father, Don May Sr, and siblings Don May Jr, Dawn Allen, and Linda Strub-Smith. She was able to make the trip to Illinois this summer to meet them. Over the years, she journeyed to the UK, Alaska, Kauaʻi, The Bahamas, and St. Lucia. She especially loved to travel with her husband, Les, and this year they spent their 24th anniversary in Jamaica. Julie and Les had planned to spend their retirement years traveling the U. S. with their dogs Jade and Jazzy. She was preceded in death by her son, Adam Olson; her step-children, Lester Sickles Jr, and Christie Le Clark; her brother, Curtis Corrick; and her parents, Janet Jeffries and Clarence (Zeke) Corrick. She is survived by her husband, Lester Sickles Sr; her daughters, Amanda Olson and Amelia (Matthew) Olson Hemberry; her grandson, Bruce LaMoreux; her siblings Cody (Shannon) Corrick, Jill (Larry) Ruffle, Joyce Jones, Don May Jr; Dawn Allen, and Linda Strub-Smith; her step-father, Denzil Jeffries; her father Don May Sr along with several nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, and lots of cousins. Arrangements by Heritage Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 pm on February 10, 2024, at Faith Lutheran Church, 171 Eastmont Ave, East Wenatchee, WA.

Julie Kay Sickles

July 31, 1959 - December 21, 2023