Nikkel, Martha H. Franz Dick (1908-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 9

Birth date: 1908

text of obituary:

COMMUNITY NEWS

MT. LAKE, MINNESOTA August 22, 1987

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Funeral services were held Aug. 3 at the Bethel Church for Mrs. Martha H. Nikkel, 79, Shafter, Calif. Mrs. Nikkel grew up in the Mt. Lake area and married Abe S. dick in 1927. He died in 1957. In 1971 she married Albert Nikkel of Shafter and after that made her home there. Her second husband died in 1983. She is survived by one step-son, two step-grandchildren, one brother, nieces and nephews.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 11

text of obituary:

MARTHA H. NIKKEL

Martha H. Nikkel, daughter of Peter H. and Susanna (Voth) Franz, was born in Mt. Lake, Minn., on June 30, 1908. She attended country school near Mt. Lake and also Mt. Lake Public School, graduating in 1927.

She was baptized upon confession of her faith on June 7, 1925, in the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mt. Lake. Later she became a member of the Fruitvale Community Church in Bakersfield, Calif.

She married Abe S. Dick on July 17, 1927, in Mt. Lake, and they lived in Mt. Lake. Abe died July 12, 1956, and Martha continued to live in Mt. Lake until 1971. She married Albert Nikkel on June 30, 1971, in Shafter, Calif., and they lived in Shafter. Albert died Dec. 12, 1983, and Martha continued to live in Shafter.

She had been in failing health for a month when she died July 28, 1987, at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., at age 79.

Survivors include one step-son and his wife, Jack and June Nikkel of Shafter; one step-granddaughter, Janet Alexander of Shafter; two step-great-granddaughters, Joanne and Debbie Alexander of Shafter; one brother and his wife, John P. and Agnes Franz of Mt. Lake; and one brother-in-law, Peter P. Eitzen of Oregon. Preceding her in death, in addition to her first and second husbands, were her parents, six sisters, four brothers, and one step-grandson.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon