Ms. Lynette Wickens, a resident of Wallaceburg, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, "Public General Campus", in Chatham, at the age of 81. Lynette was born in Wallaceburg and was a daughter of the late Charles and Helen (Ayres) Wickens. Loving mother of Kerry Lyne Wickens. Dear sister of Ron Wickens. Predeceased by a sister, Marilyn Bartram and a brother, Andrew Wickens. Friends will be received at the Eric F. Nicholls Funeral Home Ltd. 639 Elgin St., Wallaceburg, on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 from 7-9pm. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011, from the chapel of the funeral home, at 1 :00 pm. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Diabetes Association may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.ericfnichollsfuneralhome.com. As a living memorial, a tree will be planted in Nicholls Memorial Forest in memory of Lynette Wickens.