Services for James S. Irick, 69, Baldwin, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Baldwin with the Rev. Kirby Hayes officiating. Internment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin.
Mr. Irick died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
He was born July 30, 1923, in Douthit, Okla., the son of Myril and Lila Elliff Irick. He grew up in St. Paul, Kan., and later attended high school in Paola.
After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he completed his undergraduate education at Baker University in 1948.
He taught in Paola and Parsons before earning a master's degree in education administration from Pittsburg State University. He served at Baker University in many capacities over 38 years, including university relations, chair of the physical education department and athletic director.
He coached the basketball team from 1956 to 1962, the football team from 1963 to 1974, the men's tennis team from 1974 to the present, and the women's tennis team from 1984 to the present. His men's tennis teams won conference championships in 13 of the past 15 years and qualified for the NAIA tennis championships 10 of the last 13 years.
Mr. Irick was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1982. He received the Baker University Facility Appreciation Award in 1991.
His community involvement included serving on the Baldwin school board, the Baldwin recreation committee and the Kansas State High School Activities Association Executive Board. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin.
He and Reva L. Wren married April 2, 1945, at Tonganoxie. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Janelle Ballew, Lawrence, and Rebecca Henks, Yorktown, Va.; three sons, James K., Baldwin, Larry, Kansas City, Mo., and Gary, Fairway; a sister, Betty Stephenson, Tonganoxie; and six grandchildren.
Mr. Irick died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
He was born July 30, 1923, in Douthit, Okla., the son of Myril and Lila Elliff Irick. He grew up in St. Paul, Kan., and later attended high school in Paola.
After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he completed his undergraduate education at Baker University in 1948.
He taught in Paola and Parsons before earning a master's degree in education administration from Pittsburg State University. He served at Baker University in many capacities over 38 years, including university relations, chair of the physical education department and athletic director.
He coached the basketball team from 1956 to 1962, the football team from 1963 to 1974, the men's tennis team from 1974 to the present, and the women's tennis team from 1984 to the present. His men's tennis teams won conference championships in 13 of the past 15 years and qualified for the NAIA tennis championships 10 of the last 13 years.
Mr. Irick was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1982. He received the Baker University Facility Appreciation Award in 1991.
His community involvement included serving on the Baldwin school board, the Baldwin recreation committee and the Kansas State High School Activities Association Executive Board. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin.
He and Reva L. Wren married April 2, 1945, at Tonganoxie. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Janelle Ballew, Lawrence, and Rebecca Henks, Yorktown, Va.; three sons, James K., Baldwin, Larry, Kansas City, Mo., and Gary, Fairway; a sister, Betty Stephenson, Tonganoxie; and six grandchildren.
Services for James S. Irick, 69, Baldwin, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Baldwin with the Rev. Kirby Hayes officiating. Internment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin.
Mr. Irick died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
He was born July 30, 1923, in Douthit, Okla., the son of Myril and Lila Elliff Irick. He grew up in St. Paul, Kan., and later attended high school in Paola.
After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he completed his undergraduate education at Baker University in 1948.
He taught in Paola and Parsons before earning a master's degree in education administration from Pittsburg State University. He served at Baker University in many capacities over 38 years, including university relations, chair of the physical education department and athletic director.
He coached the basketball team from 1956 to 1962, the football team from 1963 to 1974, the men's tennis team from 1974 to the present, and the women's tennis team from 1984 to the present. His men's tennis teams won conference championships in 13 of the past 15 years and qualified for the NAIA tennis championships 10 of the last 13 years.
Mr. Irick was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1982. He received the Baker University Facility Appreciation Award in 1991.
His community involvement included serving on the Baldwin school board, the Baldwin recreation committee and the Kansas State High School Activities Association Executive Board. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin.
He and Reva L. Wren married April 2, 1945, at Tonganoxie. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Janelle Ballew, Lawrence, and Rebecca Henks, Yorktown, Va.; three sons, James K., Baldwin, Larry, Kansas City, Mo., and Gary, Fairway; a sister, Betty Stephenson, Tonganoxie; and six grandchildren.
Mr. Irick died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
He was born July 30, 1923, in Douthit, Okla., the son of Myril and Lila Elliff Irick. He grew up in St. Paul, Kan., and later attended high school in Paola.
After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he completed his undergraduate education at Baker University in 1948.
He taught in Paola and Parsons before earning a master's degree in education administration from Pittsburg State University. He served at Baker University in many capacities over 38 years, including university relations, chair of the physical education department and athletic director.
He coached the basketball team from 1956 to 1962, the football team from 1963 to 1974, the men's tennis team from 1974 to the present, and the women's tennis team from 1984 to the present. His men's tennis teams won conference championships in 13 of the past 15 years and qualified for the NAIA tennis championships 10 of the last 13 years.
Mr. Irick was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1982. He received the Baker University Facility Appreciation Award in 1991.
His community involvement included serving on the Baldwin school board, the Baldwin recreation committee and the Kansas State High School Activities Association Executive Board. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin.
He and Reva L. Wren married April 2, 1945, at Tonganoxie. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Janelle Ballew, Lawrence, and Rebecca Henks, Yorktown, Va.; three sons, James K., Baldwin, Larry, Kansas City, Mo., and Gary, Fairway; a sister, Betty Stephenson, Tonganoxie; and six grandchildren.
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