Roundup Record Tribune & Winnett Times -

Wiley Stephen Micks was born in Berwyn, Illinois, on March 1, 1958 to Donald William Micks and Winifred Whalen Micks, of Elmhurst, Illinois. He loved the outdoors from an early age. He fished and hunted with his father from the time he could walk. He joined the local 4H chapter when he was in high school; his first livestock project was chickens, which he raised in a series of coops he built in the family garage for protection from predators. He won ribbons at county and state fairs over several years, including a grand championship with a massive Buff Cochin rooster named Orange Pekoe. He mad...