Nickel, Leighton John (1968-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Jul 4 p. 7

Birth date: 1968 Jan 14

text of obituary:

M. B. Missionaries Lose Five-Month-Old Son

Hillsboro, Kan. — "Baby Leighton John died June 18 at noon accident . . ." was, in part, the message of a cable sent by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Nickel, Mennonite Brethren Conference missionaries in Congo. the son was born Jan. 14, 1968, in Congo.

Mr. Nickel supervises the mechanical operation of hospitals and construction of buildings on the M. B. mission field in southwestern Congo. The Nickels are members of the Killarney Park M. B. Church at Vancouver, B. C.