Nickel, Helen (1901-1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 2 p. 1

Birth date: 1901

text of obituary:

Missionary To India Called Away in Death

MISS HELEN NICKEL HAD SUFFERED HEART ATTACK ON MARCH 14

Miss Helen Nickel, missionary to India under the General Conference Mennonite Church, died at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, according to word received at the mission board headquarters in Newton.

Miss Nickel, who was 56, suffered a severe attack on March 14 of this year, but recovered sufficiently to resume limited activities. Recently she had been on leave at Coonoor in South India.

A missionary to India for more than 27 years, Miss Nickel had been serving as principal of the Funk Memorial Girls' School, Janjgir, until her recent illness. She first sailed for India on Nov. 23, 1929.

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