NICOL, Morris James 1898-1960

NICOL, KORTE, HAGEDORN, PITZEN, MILLER, GARDNER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/21/2011 at 12:24:52

NICOL, Morris 1898-1960

#1:

Morris Nicol
Succumbs to
Heart Attack

OSAGE, IOWA — Morris Nicol, 62, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home here Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral Home.

Born July 6, 1898, to David and Ella Nicol, near Stacyville, he was married, August 25, 1921, to Goldie Korte. He had been an employee of the Jorde Motors here.

Surviving are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Bernard Hagedorn, Mrs. Marvin Pitzen and Mrs. Robert Beyer, all of Osage; Mrs. Harold Miller, Del Rio, Texas; two sons, Carroll, Osage; Kenneth, Rockford, Illinois; 13 grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Grant Reed, Osage, and Mrs. Maude Reed, Pleasantville.

He was preceded in death by a son and a daughter.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, January 4, 1960]
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#2:

OSAGE, IOWA - Funeral rites are pending for Morris Nicol, 62, who died unexpectedly at his Osage home Sunday evening from a heart attack. The body is at Champion Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife, Goldie; four daughters: Mrs. Bernard Hagedorn, Mrs. Marvin Pitzen, Mrs. Robert Beyer, all of Osage; Mrs. Harold Miller, Delrio, Texas; and two sons, Carroll, Osage, and Kenneth, Rockford, Illinois. He was empolyed at Jorde Motors at his death.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, January 5, 1960]
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#3:

OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Champion Funeral Home for Norris** Nicol, 62. Burial will be in the Osage City Cemetery.

He died Sunday evening of a heart attack.

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, January 5, 1960]
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#4:
Osage City Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb/Mitchell:
NICOL, Morris James (loc:) 1068 3 (death/burial date:) 03 JAN 1960.

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NOTES:

** The Courier on the 5th spelled his name "Norris," but it should be Morris, based on all other information available.

www.findagrave.com (D.M. Scott) shows: Morris James Nicol (1897-1960), and shows his parents as: David M. Nicol (1864-1931) and Ella Margaret Gardner Nicol (1873-1959)