OBITUARY: Watertown Public Opinion, November 18, 1949, page 1
Death Comes to Mrs. Nicholson
Widow of Former County Judge Dies
Mrs. Jennie Nicholson, 88, widow of the late John Nicholson, who served as Codington county judge for many years, died at a hospital in Watertown early this morning.
Death came peacefully as Mrs. Nicholson slept into a coma into which she had been slowly sinking for the last several days after a long period of gradually failing health incident to advanced age.
Her passing marked the end of a remarkably long, vigorous and active life in which she and her husband and their four daughters were prominent among the pioneer families of this community.
Mrs. Nicholson, who moved to Seattle, Wash. to live with her daughter, Miss Vera Nicholson, soon after Judge Nicholson's death, returned to Watertown in 1948 and has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Vern G. Wohlheter since that time.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services have been set for next Monday at 2 p.m. at the Shaw-Messer chapel. The Rev. Myron Meckel, pastor of the First Congregational church here, will conduce the service. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery at the graveside of her husband.
A daughter of Samuel and Jane (Steen) McBath, Mrs. Nicholson was born in Lisbon, N.Y. April 20, 1861. With them she moved to Potsdam, N.Y. when she was 14 years old and came to South Dakota in 1880.
She and John Nicholson were married April 20, 1884 and for more than 50 years she shared with him the life of community service that characterized his years on the county court bench which he occupied from South Dakota's entry into statehood until his death, with the exception of two terms.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1934. Judge Nicholson died two years later, on July 14, 1936 and Mrs. Nicholson moved to Seattle in the fall of that year to live with her daughter, Vera, a teacher in Seattle schools.
Mrs. Nicholson was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas, and by her sisters, Miss Effie McBath and Mrs. George Chase. A surviving sister, Mrs. G.A. (Sadie) Brewer lives in Seattle.
She leaves her daughters, Vera, now living in Seattle, Mrs. C.F. Adams (Doris) of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Fay Wohlheter, wife of Circuit Court Judge Vern G. Wohlheter of Watertown.
Her other daughter, Mrs. Jean Newton, died in an airplane crash in California in 1936.
Mrs. Nicholson leaves three grandchildren, Jack and James Mueller and Mary Wohlheter of Watertown and three great grandchildren.
IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mrs. Nicholson was a lifelong member of the Congregational church to which she gave many years of active, devoted service together with her husband. Judge Nicholson was among the original signers of the constitution of the church and served on its board of trustees with Governor A.C. Mellette, W.H. Stokes, Frank Grant, C.J. Spencer and other early pioneers.
At the time of their marriage, Judge and Mrs. Nicholson occupied a three room building on Kemp avenue between Maple street and Broadway, which served as both residence and office.
Later they moved into a spacious home on Fifth street S.E. which was familiar to large numbers of guests incident to their own social and community service activities and those of their growing daughters who were all born in Watertown.
More than 150 guests assembled there when Judge and Mrs. Nicholson observed their gold wedding anniversary, a tribute to one of the couples who roles in Watertown's early history formed part of the leadership of the city's founding pioneers.
Death Comes to Mrs. Nicholson
Widow of Former County Judge Dies
Mrs. Jennie Nicholson, 88, widow of the late John Nicholson, who served as Codington county judge for many years, died at a hospital in Watertown early this morning.
Death came peacefully as Mrs. Nicholson slept into a coma into which she had been slowly sinking for the last several days after a long period of gradually failing health incident to advanced age.
Her passing marked the end of a remarkably long, vigorous and active life in which she and her husband and their four daughters were prominent among the pioneer families of this community.
Mrs. Nicholson, who moved to Seattle, Wash. to live with her daughter, Miss Vera Nicholson, soon after Judge Nicholson's death, returned to Watertown in 1948 and has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Vern G. Wohlheter since that time.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services have been set for next Monday at 2 p.m. at the Shaw-Messer chapel. The Rev. Myron Meckel, pastor of the First Congregational church here, will conduce the service. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery at the graveside of her husband.
A daughter of Samuel and Jane (Steen) McBath, Mrs. Nicholson was born in Lisbon, N.Y. April 20, 1861. With them she moved to Potsdam, N.Y. when she was 14 years old and came to South Dakota in 1880.
She and John Nicholson were married April 20, 1884 and for more than 50 years she shared with him the life of community service that characterized his years on the county court bench which he occupied from South Dakota's entry into statehood until his death, with the exception of two terms.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1934. Judge Nicholson died two years later, on July 14, 1936 and Mrs. Nicholson moved to Seattle in the fall of that year to live with her daughter, Vera, a teacher in Seattle schools.
Mrs. Nicholson was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas, and by her sisters, Miss Effie McBath and Mrs. George Chase. A surviving sister, Mrs. G.A. (Sadie) Brewer lives in Seattle.
She leaves her daughters, Vera, now living in Seattle, Mrs. C.F. Adams (Doris) of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Fay Wohlheter, wife of Circuit Court Judge Vern G. Wohlheter of Watertown.
Her other daughter, Mrs. Jean Newton, died in an airplane crash in California in 1936.
Mrs. Nicholson leaves three grandchildren, Jack and James Mueller and Mary Wohlheter of Watertown and three great grandchildren.
IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mrs. Nicholson was a lifelong member of the Congregational church to which she gave many years of active, devoted service together with her husband. Judge Nicholson was among the original signers of the constitution of the church and served on its board of trustees with Governor A.C. Mellette, W.H. Stokes, Frank Grant, C.J. Spencer and other early pioneers.
At the time of their marriage, Judge and Mrs. Nicholson occupied a three room building on Kemp avenue between Maple street and Broadway, which served as both residence and office.
Later they moved into a spacious home on Fifth street S.E. which was familiar to large numbers of guests incident to their own social and community service activities and those of their growing daughters who were all born in Watertown.
More than 150 guests assembled there when Judge and Mrs. Nicholson observed their gold wedding anniversary, a tribute to one of the couples who roles in Watertown's early history formed part of the leadership of the city's founding pioneers.
OBITUARY: Watertown Public Opinion, November 18, 1949, page 1
Death Comes to Mrs. Nicholson
Widow of Former County Judge Dies
Mrs. Jennie Nicholson, 88, widow of the late John Nicholson, who served as Codington county judge for many years, died at a hospital in Watertown early this morning.
Death came peacefully as Mrs. Nicholson slept into a coma into which she had been slowly sinking for the last several days after a long period of gradually failing health incident to advanced age.
Her passing marked the end of a remarkably long, vigorous and active life in which she and her husband and their four daughters were prominent among the pioneer families of this community.
Mrs. Nicholson, who moved to Seattle, Wash. to live with her daughter, Miss Vera Nicholson, soon after Judge Nicholson's death, returned to Watertown in 1948 and has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Vern G. Wohlheter since that time.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services have been set for next Monday at 2 p.m. at the Shaw-Messer chapel. The Rev. Myron Meckel, pastor of the First Congregational church here, will conduce the service. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery at the graveside of her husband.
A daughter of Samuel and Jane (Steen) McBath, Mrs. Nicholson was born in Lisbon, N.Y. April 20, 1861. With them she moved to Potsdam, N.Y. when she was 14 years old and came to South Dakota in 1880.
She and John Nicholson were married April 20, 1884 and for more than 50 years she shared with him the life of community service that characterized his years on the county court bench which he occupied from South Dakota's entry into statehood until his death, with the exception of two terms.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1934. Judge Nicholson died two years later, on July 14, 1936 and Mrs. Nicholson moved to Seattle in the fall of that year to live with her daughter, Vera, a teacher in Seattle schools.
Mrs. Nicholson was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas, and by her sisters, Miss Effie McBath and Mrs. George Chase. A surviving sister, Mrs. G.A. (Sadie) Brewer lives in Seattle.
She leaves her daughters, Vera, now living in Seattle, Mrs. C.F. Adams (Doris) of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Fay Wohlheter, wife of Circuit Court Judge Vern G. Wohlheter of Watertown.
Her other daughter, Mrs. Jean Newton, died in an airplane crash in California in 1936.
Mrs. Nicholson leaves three grandchildren, Jack and James Mueller and Mary Wohlheter of Watertown and three great grandchildren.
IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mrs. Nicholson was a lifelong member of the Congregational church to which she gave many years of active, devoted service together with her husband. Judge Nicholson was among the original signers of the constitution of the church and served on its board of trustees with Governor A.C. Mellette, W.H. Stokes, Frank Grant, C.J. Spencer and other early pioneers.
At the time of their marriage, Judge and Mrs. Nicholson occupied a three room building on Kemp avenue between Maple street and Broadway, which served as both residence and office.
Later they moved into a spacious home on Fifth street S.E. which was familiar to large numbers of guests incident to their own social and community service activities and those of their growing daughters who were all born in Watertown.
More than 150 guests assembled there when Judge and Mrs. Nicholson observed their gold wedding anniversary, a tribute to one of the couples who roles in Watertown's early history formed part of the leadership of the city's founding pioneers.
Death Comes to Mrs. Nicholson
Widow of Former County Judge Dies
Mrs. Jennie Nicholson, 88, widow of the late John Nicholson, who served as Codington county judge for many years, died at a hospital in Watertown early this morning.
Death came peacefully as Mrs. Nicholson slept into a coma into which she had been slowly sinking for the last several days after a long period of gradually failing health incident to advanced age.
Her passing marked the end of a remarkably long, vigorous and active life in which she and her husband and their four daughters were prominent among the pioneer families of this community.
Mrs. Nicholson, who moved to Seattle, Wash. to live with her daughter, Miss Vera Nicholson, soon after Judge Nicholson's death, returned to Watertown in 1948 and has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Vern G. Wohlheter since that time.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services have been set for next Monday at 2 p.m. at the Shaw-Messer chapel. The Rev. Myron Meckel, pastor of the First Congregational church here, will conduce the service. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery at the graveside of her husband.
A daughter of Samuel and Jane (Steen) McBath, Mrs. Nicholson was born in Lisbon, N.Y. April 20, 1861. With them she moved to Potsdam, N.Y. when she was 14 years old and came to South Dakota in 1880.
She and John Nicholson were married April 20, 1884 and for more than 50 years she shared with him the life of community service that characterized his years on the county court bench which he occupied from South Dakota's entry into statehood until his death, with the exception of two terms.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1934. Judge Nicholson died two years later, on July 14, 1936 and Mrs. Nicholson moved to Seattle in the fall of that year to live with her daughter, Vera, a teacher in Seattle schools.
Mrs. Nicholson was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas, and by her sisters, Miss Effie McBath and Mrs. George Chase. A surviving sister, Mrs. G.A. (Sadie) Brewer lives in Seattle.
She leaves her daughters, Vera, now living in Seattle, Mrs. C.F. Adams (Doris) of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Fay Wohlheter, wife of Circuit Court Judge Vern G. Wohlheter of Watertown.
Her other daughter, Mrs. Jean Newton, died in an airplane crash in California in 1936.
Mrs. Nicholson leaves three grandchildren, Jack and James Mueller and Mary Wohlheter of Watertown and three great grandchildren.
IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mrs. Nicholson was a lifelong member of the Congregational church to which she gave many years of active, devoted service together with her husband. Judge Nicholson was among the original signers of the constitution of the church and served on its board of trustees with Governor A.C. Mellette, W.H. Stokes, Frank Grant, C.J. Spencer and other early pioneers.
At the time of their marriage, Judge and Mrs. Nicholson occupied a three room building on Kemp avenue between Maple street and Broadway, which served as both residence and office.
Later they moved into a spacious home on Fifth street S.E. which was familiar to large numbers of guests incident to their own social and community service activities and those of their growing daughters who were all born in Watertown.
More than 150 guests assembled there when Judge and Mrs. Nicholson observed their gold wedding anniversary, a tribute to one of the couples who roles in Watertown's early history formed part of the leadership of the city's founding pioneers.
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