Nice, Beulah D. (1913-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 May 29 p. 8

Birth date: 1913 Jan 10

text of obituary:

BEULAH D. NICE

Beulah D. Nice, 93, of Morrison, Ill., died May 15, 2006, at Resthaven Home after a short illness. She was born Jan. 10, 1913, to Abner and Esther (Deter) Nice in Morrison.

She attended Morrison schools, then Hesston (Kan.) Academy, graduating in 1936. She then entered Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colo., graduating in 1940 with an R.N. degree. After this she worked as a nurse in the hospitals in Sterling, Ill., and Wauseon, Ohio. She then enrolled at Goshen (Ind.) College, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in natural sciences for nurses in 1949. After graduation, she returned to the La Junta School of Nursing, where she taught and supervised the obstetrics department. She later went to the Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington, Ill., and taught nursing students. A highlight of her work at Bloomington was the four weeks she spent with each class of students as they did health care in Appalachia.

After 20 years of teaching, she retired and moved to her home are of Morrison and assisted her sister Rachel with the care of their elderly mother. She was an avid reader and also enjoyed gardening and bird watching.

She was a member of Science Ridge Mennonite Church in Sterling, Ill., where she taught an adult Sunday school class for several years.

Survivors include three siblings, Aaron Nice and Rachel Nice, both of Morrison, and Hazel Hassan and her husband, Richard, of Goshen, Ind.; and a sister-in-law, Mary (Yoder) Nice of Morrison.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil.

Memorial services were held at Science Ridge Mennonite Church. Burial was in Morrison Mennonite Cemetery.