Aaron Frank Nichols, 32, son of W. F. Nichols, living northeast of Okay, was electrocuted Wednesday morning, November 22, 1949, while working on an REA line near Butler, Oklahoma. He was born March 28, 1917 near Okay, Oklahoma. He was the son of Williams F. and Hattie Nichols.
Mr. Nichols served with the Army in World War II, re-enlisted and had been out of the service only about six months. He was killed, it was reported, when he climbed an REA pole himself rather than permit a less experienced lineman under him climb it.
Funeral services for Mr. Nichols were held Saturday afternoon in the Wagoner First Baptist church with the Rev. Al N. Glasgow, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of the Hersman Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, who lives in Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Joan and Frankie, of Walters, He is survived by his father; five sisters, Mrs. Beecher Sullivan, of Tahlequah, Mrs. Aubert Austin and Mrs. Claud Whitely, both of Wagoner, and Sybil and Jeanie Nichols, of Okay; three brothers, C. C. Nichols, Hawaii, and Lancy and Wiley Nichols, both of the home near Okay.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
Mr. Nichols served with the Army in World War II, re-enlisted and had been out of the service only about six months. He was killed, it was reported, when he climbed an REA pole himself rather than permit a less experienced lineman under him climb it.
Funeral services for Mr. Nichols were held Saturday afternoon in the Wagoner First Baptist church with the Rev. Al N. Glasgow, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of the Hersman Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, who lives in Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Joan and Frankie, of Walters, He is survived by his father; five sisters, Mrs. Beecher Sullivan, of Tahlequah, Mrs. Aubert Austin and Mrs. Claud Whitely, both of Wagoner, and Sybil and Jeanie Nichols, of Okay; three brothers, C. C. Nichols, Hawaii, and Lancy and Wiley Nichols, both of the home near Okay.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
Aaron Frank Nichols, 32, son of W. F. Nichols, living northeast of Okay, was electrocuted Wednesday morning, November 22, 1949, while working on an REA line near Butler, Oklahoma. He was born March 28, 1917 near Okay, Oklahoma. He was the son of Williams F. and Hattie Nichols.
Mr. Nichols served with the Army in World War II, re-enlisted and had been out of the service only about six months. He was killed, it was reported, when he climbed an REA pole himself rather than permit a less experienced lineman under him climb it.
Funeral services for Mr. Nichols were held Saturday afternoon in the Wagoner First Baptist church with the Rev. Al N. Glasgow, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of the Hersman Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, who lives in Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Joan and Frankie, of Walters, He is survived by his father; five sisters, Mrs. Beecher Sullivan, of Tahlequah, Mrs. Aubert Austin and Mrs. Claud Whitely, both of Wagoner, and Sybil and Jeanie Nichols, of Okay; three brothers, C. C. Nichols, Hawaii, and Lancy and Wiley Nichols, both of the home near Okay.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
Mr. Nichols served with the Army in World War II, re-enlisted and had been out of the service only about six months. He was killed, it was reported, when he climbed an REA pole himself rather than permit a less experienced lineman under him climb it.
Funeral services for Mr. Nichols were held Saturday afternoon in the Wagoner First Baptist church with the Rev. Al N. Glasgow, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of the Hersman Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, who lives in Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Joan and Frankie, of Walters, He is survived by his father; five sisters, Mrs. Beecher Sullivan, of Tahlequah, Mrs. Aubert Austin and Mrs. Claud Whitely, both of Wagoner, and Sybil and Jeanie Nichols, of Okay; three brothers, C. C. Nichols, Hawaii, and Lancy and Wiley Nichols, both of the home near Okay.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
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