NEWTON — Reverend Loren W. ‘Bill’ Hickerson, 89, of Newton, Kan., passed away Tuesday night March 10th, 2026 at his home in the presence of family. He was born March 5th, 1937 in Newton, Kan. to Loren J. and Zella M. Stoulfus Hickerson. Bill was a Minister with the United Church of Christ for 54 years serving churches in the Berkshire Hills of Mass., Harlan, Iowa, Great Bend, Kan., Lakewood, Colo., Neillsville, Wisc., Levasy, Mo., and Newton, Kan. He retired from full time ministry from the Ebenezer United Church of Christ in Levasy, Mo. in 2000. After retiring he served as part time Minister at the First United Church of Christ, Newton Kan., and then served as an Interim Minister at Highland Trinity United Church of Christ, Newton, Kan. Over the span of his career, Bill touched many lives through his Christian Ministry.