Nikkel, Michael Gene 1962-2016

NIKKEL, LANSSER, BOENDER, BEMMEL, VEENSTRA, MENNINGA, MICK, BEYER, GOODYK, SLINGS

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Date: 11/2/2016 at 20:23:10

Michael Nikkel
March 3, 1962 - October 12, 2016

Funeral Services will be held
Monday, October 17, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.
Sully Christian Reformed Church, Sully, Iowa
Interment will follow in the Sully Cemetery at Sully, Iowa

Memorials may be designated for the Sully Christian School.

Michael Gene Nikkel was the youngest of six children born to Dewey and Elizabeth “Betty” (Lanser) Nikkel. He was born on March 3, 1962, in Pella, Iowa. Mike attended the Sully Christian School in Sully, Iowa and graduated from Pella Christian High School in Pella, Iowa with the Class of 1980. Following his graduation he worked for a short time with his dad and brothers at Nick’s Farm Service.

On September 9, 1983, he and Valerie Jane Boender, whom he met during high school, were united in marriage at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Mike and Val were blessed with four children: Nathanael Jon, Natasha Dawn, Shelby Lynn, and Miranda Elizabeth. They raised their children in Sully where Mike was always very supportive and eager to share his faith and countless gifts and talents. Mike spent most of his career working as an electrician. He began his career commuting back and forth to Ames, Iowa, and was later employed in Pella at Precision Pulley and Gritters Electric for 15 years each. Most recently he worked as a maintenance specialist at Vermeer Corporation in Pella. His life ended unexpectedly on Wednesday evening, October 12, 2016, upon returning home. He was 54 years old. Mike had served on the Sully Christian School board and was a lifelong member of the Sully Christian Reformed Church in Sully where he had served as a deacon, youth leader, Cadet leader and on many committees. He had a great desire to ensure all those around him knew Christ.

As his family copes with their loss in his death they are relying on their faith to support and carry them through. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Val, of Sully, their four children: Nathanael Nikkel and his wife, Rachel (Van Bemmel), Natasha Nikkel, Shelby and her husband, Brennan Veenstra, all of Pella, and Miranda Nikkel, a student at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois; his mother, Betty Nikkel of Pella; and the following brothers and sisters and their spouses: Carroll Nikkel and his wife, Jennifer, of Maxwell, Iowa, Robert Nikkel and his wife, Rosemary, of Sully, Linda and her husband, Daryl Menninga of Sully, Douglas Nikkel of Lynnville, Iowa, and Diana Mick of Kellogg, Iowa. Mike also leaves the following sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law: Linda and Jerry Beyer of Knoxville, Iowa, Alan and Joyce Boender, Sheryl and Darrell Goodyk all of Pella; along with a host of other relatives.

Mike was preceded in death by his father, Dewey Nikkel; his sisters-in-law, Jean (Robert) Nikkel, and Norma (Carroll) Nikkel; his parents-in-law, John and Edna (Slings) Boender; and a brother-in-law, Jerry Wayne Boender.
Mike will be greatly missed by his loving family and many friends. ~ The Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella, Iowa 12 Oct 2016.