Allan Nickel
1939 - 2018
Obituary
Allan G. Nickel, 79, of Newton, died Monday (May 14, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newton, the son of Carl and Grace Unruh Nickel. Allan attended a one-room country school for the first eight years, then graduated from Newton High School in 1957. After graduating, he went to work for Hesston Manufacturing.
Allan married Lenora Voth on Aug. 12, 1960, at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. They moved to Indianapolis for voluntary service as an orderly in a hospital. They had three daughters: Michelle, Marcelette (Marci) and Janelle. As a family, they enjoyed camping and gardening.
In his spare time he took correspondence courses that eventually led him to being a tool designer at Hesston Manufacturing, which would later become AGCO, where he worked for 43 years.
After Allan's father died, he and his brother, Dwight, moved back to the family farm and would farm together until Allan's health prohibited him from being involved.
Allan was interested in politics and was actively involved with Farm Bureau, serving on the Harvey County Board. For a number of times, he served as the local board president.
On June 4, 1988, he married Sharon Vogt Hiebert. To this union were brought three more children: Doug and Penny Hiebert, Lonnie Hiebert and Gail Hiebert.
Allan loved traveling. He took the train to Tacoma, Washington, to see his sister, Janice, and her family. Other memorable trips were to the Indian Passageway, Alaska, Australia and New Zealand.
He was a member of Grace Community Church, where he served in various ways for 25 years.
Allan is preceded in death by his first wife, Lenora; baby daughter, Michelle; parents; and various sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, of Newton; daughters: of Abilene and of Newton; along with sons all of rural Peabody, and of Oklahoma City; brother, of rural Newton; sister, of Tacoma, Washington; grandchildren: great-granddaughter, and nephews.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (May 17, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church Cemetery of rural Whitewater. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Community Church in Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 until 8 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2018), where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
A memorial has been established with Grace Community Church, Kansas Christian Home and Good Shepherd Hospice. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Published in The Kansan on May 15, 2018
[Living descendants removed]
1939 - 2018
Obituary
Allan G. Nickel, 79, of Newton, died Monday (May 14, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newton, the son of Carl and Grace Unruh Nickel. Allan attended a one-room country school for the first eight years, then graduated from Newton High School in 1957. After graduating, he went to work for Hesston Manufacturing.
Allan married Lenora Voth on Aug. 12, 1960, at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. They moved to Indianapolis for voluntary service as an orderly in a hospital. They had three daughters: Michelle, Marcelette (Marci) and Janelle. As a family, they enjoyed camping and gardening.
In his spare time he took correspondence courses that eventually led him to being a tool designer at Hesston Manufacturing, which would later become AGCO, where he worked for 43 years.
After Allan's father died, he and his brother, Dwight, moved back to the family farm and would farm together until Allan's health prohibited him from being involved.
Allan was interested in politics and was actively involved with Farm Bureau, serving on the Harvey County Board. For a number of times, he served as the local board president.
On June 4, 1988, he married Sharon Vogt Hiebert. To this union were brought three more children: Doug and Penny Hiebert, Lonnie Hiebert and Gail Hiebert.
Allan loved traveling. He took the train to Tacoma, Washington, to see his sister, Janice, and her family. Other memorable trips were to the Indian Passageway, Alaska, Australia and New Zealand.
He was a member of Grace Community Church, where he served in various ways for 25 years.
Allan is preceded in death by his first wife, Lenora; baby daughter, Michelle; parents; and various sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, of Newton; daughters: of Abilene and of Newton; along with sons all of rural Peabody, and of Oklahoma City; brother, of rural Newton; sister, of Tacoma, Washington; grandchildren: great-granddaughter, and nephews.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (May 17, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church Cemetery of rural Whitewater. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Community Church in Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 until 8 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2018), where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
A memorial has been established with Grace Community Church, Kansas Christian Home and Good Shepherd Hospice. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Published in The Kansan on May 15, 2018
[Living descendants removed]
Allan Nickel
1939 - 2018
Obituary
Allan G. Nickel, 79, of Newton, died Monday (May 14, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newton, the son of Carl and Grace Unruh Nickel. Allan attended a one-room country school for the first eight years, then graduated from Newton High School in 1957. After graduating, he went to work for Hesston Manufacturing.
Allan married Lenora Voth on Aug. 12, 1960, at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. They moved to Indianapolis for voluntary service as an orderly in a hospital. They had three daughters: Michelle, Marcelette (Marci) and Janelle. As a family, they enjoyed camping and gardening.
In his spare time he took correspondence courses that eventually led him to being a tool designer at Hesston Manufacturing, which would later become AGCO, where he worked for 43 years.
After Allan's father died, he and his brother, Dwight, moved back to the family farm and would farm together until Allan's health prohibited him from being involved.
Allan was interested in politics and was actively involved with Farm Bureau, serving on the Harvey County Board. For a number of times, he served as the local board president.
On June 4, 1988, he married Sharon Vogt Hiebert. To this union were brought three more children: Doug and Penny Hiebert, Lonnie Hiebert and Gail Hiebert.
Allan loved traveling. He took the train to Tacoma, Washington, to see his sister, Janice, and her family. Other memorable trips were to the Indian Passageway, Alaska, Australia and New Zealand.
He was a member of Grace Community Church, where he served in various ways for 25 years.
Allan is preceded in death by his first wife, Lenora; baby daughter, Michelle; parents; and various sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, of Newton; daughters: of Abilene and of Newton; along with sons all of rural Peabody, and of Oklahoma City; brother, of rural Newton; sister, of Tacoma, Washington; grandchildren: great-granddaughter, and nephews.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (May 17, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church Cemetery of rural Whitewater. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Community Church in Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 until 8 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2018), where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
A memorial has been established with Grace Community Church, Kansas Christian Home and Good Shepherd Hospice. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Published in The Kansan on May 15, 2018
[Living descendants removed]
1939 - 2018
Obituary
Allan G. Nickel, 79, of Newton, died Monday (May 14, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newton, the son of Carl and Grace Unruh Nickel. Allan attended a one-room country school for the first eight years, then graduated from Newton High School in 1957. After graduating, he went to work for Hesston Manufacturing.
Allan married Lenora Voth on Aug. 12, 1960, at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. They moved to Indianapolis for voluntary service as an orderly in a hospital. They had three daughters: Michelle, Marcelette (Marci) and Janelle. As a family, they enjoyed camping and gardening.
In his spare time he took correspondence courses that eventually led him to being a tool designer at Hesston Manufacturing, which would later become AGCO, where he worked for 43 years.
After Allan's father died, he and his brother, Dwight, moved back to the family farm and would farm together until Allan's health prohibited him from being involved.
Allan was interested in politics and was actively involved with Farm Bureau, serving on the Harvey County Board. For a number of times, he served as the local board president.
On June 4, 1988, he married Sharon Vogt Hiebert. To this union were brought three more children: Doug and Penny Hiebert, Lonnie Hiebert and Gail Hiebert.
Allan loved traveling. He took the train to Tacoma, Washington, to see his sister, Janice, and her family. Other memorable trips were to the Indian Passageway, Alaska, Australia and New Zealand.
He was a member of Grace Community Church, where he served in various ways for 25 years.
Allan is preceded in death by his first wife, Lenora; baby daughter, Michelle; parents; and various sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, of Newton; daughters: of Abilene and of Newton; along with sons all of rural Peabody, and of Oklahoma City; brother, of rural Newton; sister, of Tacoma, Washington; grandchildren: great-granddaughter, and nephews.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (May 17, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church Cemetery of rural Whitewater. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Community Church in Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 until 8 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2018), where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
A memorial has been established with Grace Community Church, Kansas Christian Home and Good Shepherd Hospice. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Published in The Kansan on May 15, 2018
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