Nice, Mary Virginia Yoder (1915-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 May 3 p. 9

Birth date: 1915

text of obituary:

MARY YODER NICE

Mary Virginia Yoder Nice, 94, died April 6, 2010, at Resthave Nursing Home, Morrison, Ill. She was born June 7, 1915, to Irene (Hertzler) and J. Harvey Yoder in Denbigh, Va., the sixth of 10 children.

She completed one year of college. She married Cecil D. Nice. In 1946 they moved to the farm in Morrison, where they lived most of their lives. Together, they had seven children, and she was a spirited and passionate homemaker.

She was a member of the Sewing Circle. She loved to read books and her Bible, to write and read letters. She also enjoyed Scrabble, storytelling and singing hymns. She had great faith in God and was a member of Science Ridge Mennonite Church in Sterling.

Survivors include six children: Harvey Nice of Morrison, Elaine Nice of Lynchburg, Va., Steven Nice and his wife, Rachel, of Holmen, Wis., Dolores Nice-Siegenthaler and her husband, David Siegenthaler, of Oakland, Calif., Eldon Nice and his wife, Lisa, of Morrison, and Mike Nice of Greenville, S.C.; a sister, Helena Wells of Harrisonburg, Va.; a brother and sister-in-law, Morris Yoder and Janet Yoder of Harrisonburg; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil, in 2004; a daughter, Vivian; two brothers and five sisters.