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                    Betty Nichols 
			
            
            [May 08, 2012] 
            
            		
            		
            		ELKHART -- Betty M. Nichols, 84, of 
			Elkhart, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at 11:10 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln 
			Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. 
			Her son David A. "Sabwah" Nichols died Jan. 13, 2011, at St. John's 
			Hospital in Springfield. (Below is a copy of 
							the obituary from the funeral home.) ___ Elkhart- Betty M. Nichols, 84, of Elkhart passed away on 
					Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:10 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln 
					Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
 David A. "Sabwah" Nichols passed away on January 13, 2011 at 
					St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
 
 Funeral Services for Mrs. Nichols and her David A. Nichols 
					will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the 
					Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln with Rev. Dayle Badman 
					officiating.
 
 Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on 
					Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the funeral home.
 
 Burial will be at New Union Cemetery in Lincoln.
 
 Surviving Mrs. Nichols are her children: Steve (Cindy) 
					Nichols and Suzann (Mark) Maxheimer all of Elkhart. Three 
					grandchildren: Jessica Maxheimer, Garret Maxheimer and 
					Whitney Nichols. Four sisters: Bernice "Totie" Hoffert, Mary 
					Ann Underwood Bratcher, Nevie (Jim) Haseley all of Lincoln, 
					Ruth Steffens of Litchfield.
 
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					She was preceded in death by her son David A. "Sabwah" Nichols, 
					three brothers: Orville Liesman, Gerald Liesman, 
					Wilbur Liesman. 
							Betty Marie Nichols was born on January 10, 1928 in 
		rural Lincoln the daughter of Reynold Orville and Cora Baker Liesman. 
		She married Glenn Arthur Nichols on September 14, 1954. He preceded her 
		in death on June 17, 2010.
 Betty graduated from Hartsburg High School in 1946.
 
 Betty retired from the Illinois Secretary of State's office where she 
		worked in the Title Department. She later worked at the Dollar Store in 
		Lincoln.
 
 She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln and the Wonderful 
		Women & Wine Red Hat Society group.
 
 Memorials may be made to The Christian Village  Nursing Home 400 wing.
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