Susan E. Hicks-Ballein, age 66, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, March 10, 2025 at the Legacy Home of Hillsboro, Ohio. She was born Oct. 29, 1958 in Middletown, Ohio, daughter of the late Junior Lee & Doris Lee (Thompson) Hicks. A graduate of Trenton, Ohio High School, she graduated from Wilmington College with a focus in Art Education. She had worked as a fraud investigator with Nationwide Insurance and later at the Clinton County Department of Human Services. Sue volunteered at the Wilmington College Performing Arts Department for several years and continued to make and promote art. Surviving are husband- Melvin Ballein; son- Dylan Ballein; and daughter- Emma Ballein. Memorial Celebration of Life Services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street at North Mulberry Street, Wilmington. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Contributions in Sue's memory may be made to the Wilmingto

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