Obit: Nichols, Henrietta (1873 - 1961)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Nichols, Shroeder, Hanson, Williams, Colmen, Wilde, Stuart, Buchholz, Crubel

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 9, 1961

Nichols, Henrietta (5 December 1873 - 25 February 1961)

Mrs. Henrietta Nichols, 87, mother of Mrs. Arthur Hanson of Withee, Rt. 2, died at the home of a daughter in Appleton, February 25.  Burial was made in Pine Hill Cemetery at Curtiss following services in Owen March 1. Father Crubel of the Holy Rosary Church officiated.

Mrs. Nichols, nee Henrietta Shroeder, was born in Hutchinson, Minn., December 5, 1873, moving with her parents to Appleton when she was nine years old.  In 1901 she married John Nichols of Appleton.  In 1907 they moved onto a farm north of Owen.  In 1954 she was left a widow and came to Owen to live, later staying with her children.

The following children survive: Mrs. Arthur (Florence) Hanson of Withee; Mrs. Walter (Blanch) Williams of Blasdell, N. Y.; Mrs. John (Geneva) Colmen of Appleton; Mrs. John (Eleanor) Wilde of Stetsonville; Mrs. James (Ruth) Stuart of Cokato, Minn.; Mrs. C. (Leona) Buchholz of Owen; Carl and Raymond Nichols, both of Owen.  Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.