Obituary for Everett “Ebb” Haycock Everett “Ebb” Haycock, 94, died at Willow Brook at Delaware Run on June 11, 2018. He was born July 4th 1923 in Newark, New Jersey to Ora (Hill) & Walter Haycock. He attended public school in Riverdale & Butler, NJ.
While attending high school he enrolled in Newark School of Fine & Industrial Art & Design. He received a BA degree from Kutztown State University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and a MA from Columbia University, NYC. Ebb joined the Fine Arts faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio in 1949.
During his years at OWU he developed a reputation as a hands-on Professor as well as a producing fine artist and sculptor. Of special interest were Ebb’s numerous working sessions in Italian bronze art foundries. These experiences helped Ebb create a working facility for casting bronze at OWU, where he also taught print making and commercial art for 39 years.
The 3-D art building on the OWU campus is named “Haycock Hall” in Ebb’s honor. Ebb maintained close relationships with many of his students for years. Ebb served in the US Navy as Staff Artist with his work appearing in training and informational aids from 1943 to 1945.
Ebb married Teena (Mullins) in 1943. Ebb helped build their first residence in Delaware OH in 1954. After a number of years, Ebb added a working sculpture studio to their home.
Ebb’s sculptures are held within many art collections domestic and international. Several of Ebb’s sculptures are on the OWU campus and in Ohio public institutions. He is also represented in “Outdoor Sculptures in Ohio”.
He was especially proud of his commissioned bust of Branch Rickey, bust of OWU’s first black professor and close friend, B.A. Jones, and bust of OWU president Bishop Herbert Welch. Other noteworthy installations sit in front of the Bexley Public Library in Columbus (“Mother and Child”) and on OWU’s JAYwalk (“Oracle”). The Haycocks spent their retirement years at Willow Brook at Delaware Run where Ebb was influential in establishing an arts and crafts studio where residents could enjoy creating their own art.
One of Ebb’s last commissions, “Dancers,” stands prominently within the Willow Brook entry foyer. He is survived by his brother, Clifford, 92, of Tucson, Arizona, 3 children, Lorry (Jack) Luikart of San Francisco, California, Cindy (David) Liscow of South Haven, Michigan, & Jeff of Columbus, Ohio, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Willow Brook at Delaware Run, 100 Delaware Crossing W. William St., on July 14, 2018 at 11am in the Summit Room.
Memorial contributions may be in made in Ebb’s name by mail to Ohio Wesleyan University c/o B.A. Jones House of Black Culture, Attn: University Advancement, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, OH 43015; online at www. owu. edu/give and select “Other,” typing in “Jones House of Black Culture, in memory of Prof.
Ebb Haycock”; or by calling 740-368-3304. Arrangements are in care of Robinson Funeral Home. Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.
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