Bernie Wayne Nikkel was born May 5, 1950, to Bernie M. and Lenora J. (Van Rees) Nikkel. In Wayne's early years he grew up on a farm near Sully, Iowa and attended Sully Christian School. He later graduated from Pella Christian High School with the class of 1968.
Through high school and college, Wayne worked as a telephone lineman in Sully and Sioux Center, Iowa and construction in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Dordt College in 1972. After graduation, he began a career in the insurance industry with the Van Gorp Insurance Agency in Pella, Iowa.
On November 26, 1983, he was united in marriage with Kimberly (Johnson) Phillips. They started their life with their family together in Pella, later moving to Ankeny and Altoona, Iowa. Through their forty years of marriage, they enjoyed spending time with their children and grandchildren. Travel was a passion they shared and while traveling they always took the scenic route. They ventured through all fifty states, cruised to eleven countries and as a historian, Wayne's bucket list trip was their ancestral tour of the Netherlands.
His career in Insurance continued at Nationwide where he excelled as a Commercial Agricultural Underwriting Manager. He earned the CPCU, ARM, AAI certifications and retired in 2012.
Throughout his life, Wayne was a true servant and volunteer at heart. He was active in the Pella Jaycees, showed up whenever a family member was in need with chores, moving, gardening or anything they needed.
Post retirement he occupied much of his time with Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity and enjoyed many hobbies including woodworking, camping, fishing with his brothers and researching family genealogy all the way back to the fifteenth century. Wayne passed away at his home in Altoona, Iowa at the age of 73 on December 8, 2023, after a battle with congestive heart failure and COPD.
Wayne is survived by his wife Kimberly (Johnson) Nikkel;
Chantelle Nikkel
Brianna Nikkel
Dannisha and Nick Pugh
Aira and Oaken Foster
Kyle and Shea Nikkel
Charlee, and Ezra Nikkel
He is all survived by his nine siblings; Tim and Ev Nikkel, Marianne (Marion) Vink, Lynnette and Gary Christensen, Cindy and Loren Bogaards, Dan and Joan Nikkel, Sharon Uitermarkt, Kristi and Randy Stromley, Marty and Theresa Nikkel, Nora and Wayne Ritter and his mother-in-law, Maggie Derrough.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bernie and Lenora Nikkel, his father-in-law, Bob Derrough and brother-in-law, Marion Vink.
Through high school and college, Wayne worked as a telephone lineman in Sully and Sioux Center, Iowa and construction in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Dordt College in 1972. After graduation, he began a career in the insurance industry with the Van Gorp Insurance Agency in Pella, Iowa.
On November 26, 1983, he was united in marriage with Kimberly (Johnson) Phillips. They started their life with their family together in Pella, later moving to Ankeny and Altoona, Iowa. Through their forty years of marriage, they enjoyed spending time with their children and grandchildren. Travel was a passion they shared and while traveling they always took the scenic route. They ventured through all fifty states, cruised to eleven countries and as a historian, Wayne's bucket list trip was their ancestral tour of the Netherlands.
His career in Insurance continued at Nationwide where he excelled as a Commercial Agricultural Underwriting Manager. He earned the CPCU, ARM, AAI certifications and retired in 2012.
Throughout his life, Wayne was a true servant and volunteer at heart. He was active in the Pella Jaycees, showed up whenever a family member was in need with chores, moving, gardening or anything they needed.
Post retirement he occupied much of his time with Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity and enjoyed many hobbies including woodworking, camping, fishing with his brothers and researching family genealogy all the way back to the fifteenth century. Wayne passed away at his home in Altoona, Iowa at the age of 73 on December 8, 2023, after a battle with congestive heart failure and COPD.
Wayne is survived by his wife Kimberly (Johnson) Nikkel;
Chantelle Nikkel
Brianna Nikkel
Dannisha and Nick Pugh
Aira and Oaken Foster
Kyle and Shea Nikkel
Charlee, and Ezra Nikkel
He is all survived by his nine siblings; Tim and Ev Nikkel, Marianne (Marion) Vink, Lynnette and Gary Christensen, Cindy and Loren Bogaards, Dan and Joan Nikkel, Sharon Uitermarkt, Kristi and Randy Stromley, Marty and Theresa Nikkel, Nora and Wayne Ritter and his mother-in-law, Maggie Derrough.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bernie and Lenora Nikkel, his father-in-law, Bob Derrough and brother-in-law, Marion Vink.
Bernie Wayne Nikkel was born May 5, 1950, to Bernie M. and Lenora J. (Van Rees) Nikkel. In Wayne's early years he grew up on a farm near Sully, Iowa and attended Sully Christian School. He later graduated from Pella Christian High School with the class of 1968.
Through high school and college, Wayne worked as a telephone lineman in Sully and Sioux Center, Iowa and construction in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Dordt College in 1972. After graduation, he began a career in the insurance industry with the Van Gorp Insurance Agency in Pella, Iowa.
On November 26, 1983, he was united in marriage with Kimberly (Johnson) Phillips. They started their life with their family together in Pella, later moving to Ankeny and Altoona, Iowa. Through their forty years of marriage, they enjoyed spending time with their children and grandchildren. Travel was a passion they shared and while traveling they always took the scenic route. They ventured through all fifty states, cruised to eleven countries and as a historian, Wayne's bucket list trip was their ancestral tour of the Netherlands.
His career in Insurance continued at Nationwide where he excelled as a Commercial Agricultural Underwriting Manager. He earned the CPCU, ARM, AAI certifications and retired in 2012.
Throughout his life, Wayne was a true servant and volunteer at heart. He was active in the Pella Jaycees, showed up whenever a family member was in need with chores, moving, gardening or anything they needed.
Post retirement he occupied much of his time with Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity and enjoyed many hobbies including woodworking, camping, fishing with his brothers and researching family genealogy all the way back to the fifteenth century. Wayne passed away at his home in Altoona, Iowa at the age of 73 on December 8, 2023, after a battle with congestive heart failure and COPD.
Wayne is survived by his wife Kimberly (Johnson) Nikkel;
Chantelle Nikkel
Brianna Nikkel
Dannisha and Nick Pugh
Aira and Oaken Foster
Kyle and Shea Nikkel
Charlee, and Ezra Nikkel
He is all survived by his nine siblings; Tim and Ev Nikkel, Marianne (Marion) Vink, Lynnette and Gary Christensen, Cindy and Loren Bogaards, Dan and Joan Nikkel, Sharon Uitermarkt, Kristi and Randy Stromley, Marty and Theresa Nikkel, Nora and Wayne Ritter and his mother-in-law, Maggie Derrough.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bernie and Lenora Nikkel, his father-in-law, Bob Derrough and brother-in-law, Marion Vink.
Through high school and college, Wayne worked as a telephone lineman in Sully and Sioux Center, Iowa and construction in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Dordt College in 1972. After graduation, he began a career in the insurance industry with the Van Gorp Insurance Agency in Pella, Iowa.
On November 26, 1983, he was united in marriage with Kimberly (Johnson) Phillips. They started their life with their family together in Pella, later moving to Ankeny and Altoona, Iowa. Through their forty years of marriage, they enjoyed spending time with their children and grandchildren. Travel was a passion they shared and while traveling they always took the scenic route. They ventured through all fifty states, cruised to eleven countries and as a historian, Wayne's bucket list trip was their ancestral tour of the Netherlands.
His career in Insurance continued at Nationwide where he excelled as a Commercial Agricultural Underwriting Manager. He earned the CPCU, ARM, AAI certifications and retired in 2012.
Throughout his life, Wayne was a true servant and volunteer at heart. He was active in the Pella Jaycees, showed up whenever a family member was in need with chores, moving, gardening or anything they needed.
Post retirement he occupied much of his time with Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity and enjoyed many hobbies including woodworking, camping, fishing with his brothers and researching family genealogy all the way back to the fifteenth century. Wayne passed away at his home in Altoona, Iowa at the age of 73 on December 8, 2023, after a battle with congestive heart failure and COPD.
Wayne is survived by his wife Kimberly (Johnson) Nikkel;
Chantelle Nikkel
Brianna Nikkel
Dannisha and Nick Pugh
Aira and Oaken Foster
Kyle and Shea Nikkel
Charlee, and Ezra Nikkel
He is all survived by his nine siblings; Tim and Ev Nikkel, Marianne (Marion) Vink, Lynnette and Gary Christensen, Cindy and Loren Bogaards, Dan and Joan Nikkel, Sharon Uitermarkt, Kristi and Randy Stromley, Marty and Theresa Nikkel, Nora and Wayne Ritter and his mother-in-law, Maggie Derrough.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bernie and Lenora Nikkel, his father-in-law, Bob Derrough and brother-in-law, Marion Vink.
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