Richard Lawrence Nichols (2013)

NICHOLS, SIMMONS, SCHEBLER, DUGAN, BEHAN, HUGHES

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 4/5/2013 at 11:33:22

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
April 3, 2013

RICHARD NICHOLS, GRAND MOUND
Richard L. Nichols, 84 of Grand Mound, Iowa, died Sunday evening, March 24, 2013, at Westwing Place in DeWitt, Iowa.

A Mass was held Monday, April 1, in Saints Philip and James Catholic Church, Grand Mound, with the Reverend Father William Kneemiller officiating. Interment will be at Davenport Memorial Park. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to Marquette Academy (1116 W. 6th St. Davenport, Iowa), NAMI of Scott Co. or Alzheimer’s Association.

Richard Lawrence Nichols was born Dec. 19, 1928, in rural Madison County, Iowa, to Alvin and Madge (Simmons) Nichols. He resided there, until moving to Davenport, Iowa, in 1944. He married Patricia Schebler in 1950. Dick worked for Industrial Engineering Equipment Company in Davenport for 25 years. In the early 80’s he founded Quality Electric Motor Service with Clark Travis in Keokuk, Iowa. Ten years later, Dick and his son Michael founded Precision Electric in Winterset, Iowa. He and his wife moved to Grand Mound, in 2005 to retire.

Preceding him in death were his parents, two sisters, a brother and a grandson.

He is survived by his wife, Pat; children, Audrey (Brian) Dugan of Davenport, Mary (J. Patrick) Behan of Grand Mound, Richard (Susan) Nichols, II of Sutter, Ill.; Theresa (Michael) Hughes and John (Lori) Nichols of Grand Mound, and Michael (Rhonda) Nichols of Abingdon, Ill.; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schultzfuneralhomes.com .

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