Maurice Ricks Cheektowaga, NY, Death – Sad to say that Maurice “Moe” Elliott Ricks, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, died on September 20, 2024, after a sudden health crisis.
Bertha and Nicky Ricks Sr. had Moe on June 21, 1977, in Staten Island, New York. After graduating from New Dorp High School in 1995, he went to Buffalo State College to play basketball and get a degree in business. Later, he moved on to Oneonta State College, where he continued to play sports and got his bachelor’s degree in business.
Moe was a great painter who made many places look brighter. As a self-employed residential and commercial painter, his work went from large commercial projects to adding personal touches to his kids’ rooms. This showed how creative he was.
Moe was a loving dad, and his kids’ hobbies in baseball, hockey, and dance made his love for sports grow. Always there for dance performances and travel games, he cheered loudly from the stands or backstage and coached with a lot of energy.
It was well known that Moe loved Chinese takeaway and would often choose it as his treat. When he wasn’t travelling, he liked to relax at home with his loyal dog Milo and watch sports. His brothers joked that Milo often took over their FaceTime talks.
Moe’s brother Richard Williams and his grandma Ruth Williams died before him. His mother, Bertha Ricks, brothers Theodore Ricks, Nicky Ricks, and Jerome Williams, his best friend Jamie Molino and her son Seven, as well as many close aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, survive him. Former wife Lindsay Ricks and their children Jayden Amare Ricks and Nya Sophia Ricks also survive him.
The family will receive visitors on September 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the PACER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2275 George Urban Blvd., Depew (two blocks east of Dick Rd.). At 8 p.m., there will be a service.
Moe will always be remembered by his family, friends, and everyone who had the chance to know him. You can give money to local paediatric cancer groups, the P.U.N.T. Paediatric Cancer Collaborative, or Camp Good Days instead of flowers.