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Nickel, Henry T. (1885-1965)
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Birth date: 1885 |
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Retired Farmer Dies When Boat Overturns'''</font> |
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| + | Mt. Lake, Minn. — Funeral services for Henry T. Nickel, lifelong resident of this community who drowned in a boating accident at Bingham Lake, were held July 24, at the First Mennonite church here. He was 80 years of age. |
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| + | Mr. Nickel and his brother, Abram T. Nickel, were fishing from a homemade pontoon boat when the craft suddenly flipped over. His brother went down also, but grabbed the boat when he came to the surface and was rescued. Mr. Nickel's body was recovered about 20 minutes later from five and a half feet of water. |
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| + | Mr. Nickel and his wife, the former Justina Neufeld, farmed near here from 1919 to 1943, when they moved to Mt. Lake. Since then he had been employed at the A. A. Penner sheet mental shop and in several other kinds of work. |
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| + | Survivors include his widow, their son and daughter, two grandsons, and two brothers. |
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| + | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 Sep 30 p. 8 <br> |
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| + | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1965 Aug 31 p. 540 |
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Revision as of 14:58, 4 March 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Aug 5 p. 3
Birth date: 1885
text of obituary:
Retired Farmer Dies When Boat Overturns
Mt. Lake, Minn. — Funeral services for Henry T. Nickel, lifelong resident of this community who drowned in a boating accident at Bingham Lake, were held July 24, at the First Mennonite church here. He was 80 years of age.
Mr. Nickel and his brother, Abram T. Nickel, were fishing from a homemade pontoon boat when the craft suddenly flipped over. His brother went down also, but grabbed the boat when he came to the surface and was rescued. Mr. Nickel's body was recovered about 20 minutes later from five and a half feet of water.
Mr. Nickel and his wife, the former Justina Neufeld, farmed near here from 1919 to 1943, when they moved to Mt. Lake. Since then he had been employed at the A. A. Penner sheet mental shop and in several other kinds of work.
Survivors include his widow, their son and daughter, two grandsons, and two brothers.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Sep 30 p. 8
The Mennonite obituary: 1965 Aug 31 p. 540
