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Edward Nikles
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[December
19, 2007]
Edward J. Nikles, 82, died Tuesday,
Dec. 18, 2007, at 9:40 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. A memorial service
will follow at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Karen Diefendorf officiating. |
Mr. Nikles retired from Myers Industries, where he
worked as a salesman for J.C. Penney's store
fixtures and as a customer service manager.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He was born June 27, 1925, at Fordyce, Neb., to
Joseph and Elizabeth Peiper Nikles. He married Olive
"Tim" Twiss on Nov. 8, 1947, in Sioux City, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one son,
Brad (and Barb) Nikles of Lincoln; one daughter,
Vicki (Gerald) Hamm of Elkhart; one sister, Nellie
Krause of Wyoming, Mich.; one granddaughter; two
stepgrandsons; and one step-great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Ben,
Harold, Al and Butch; and one sister, Penny. |
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church
of Lincoln, Lincoln Elks Lodge 914 and American
Legion Post 263.
Memorials may be made in his memory in honor of
his granddaughter Kate Nikles' involvement with the
Humane Society of Logan County.
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