Olaf Morris Wick (1890-1962) was born in Alesund, Norway, the son of Elias Olsen and Laura C. (Larson) Wick. Elias Olsen Wick immigrated to the United States in 1891. After he settled in Deerwood, Minnesota, he sent for his wife, Laura, and year and a half old son Olaf. In 1911 the family, which now had three more sons, John, Edward and Bernard, moved to Valley City where Elias was self employed as a carpenter. Olaf worked in the area until his enlistment in the army during World War I. He served as a sergeant overseas. After the war when he returned to Valley City he formed the O. M. Wick Construction Company. In 1923 he married Clara Mattison Jones, a widow with two children - Gertrude Jones, born in 1910, and Leslie B. Jones, born in 1916. Elmer and Clara Mattison Jones came to Valley City from Minnesota in 1905 where Mr. Jones worked ate the Right Price store in the shoe department until his death in 1918 during the flue epidemic. Clara Jones worked at the Right Price until her marriage to Olaf Wick in 1923. Maurice Edward Wick was born in 1924. He graduated from Valley City High School and served in the Navy Air Corps during World War II. Maurice and Janet Pierce were married in 1947. Janet is the daughter of W. Loring and Hermione (Winterer) Pierce. Maurice graduated from Montana State University in 1950 and joined his father Olaf Wick in the construction business which became Wick Construction Inc., after Olaf retired in 1955. The Maurice Wicks had six children: David Maurice (1948); Thomas Loring (1950-1965); Nancy Susan (1953) Laura Jane (1955); Maurice William (1958); and Barbara Janet (1960). They are members of the Congregational Church.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 266