NICHOLS, Daisy (Tupper) 1878-1943

NICHOLS, TUPPER, PAGE, WRIGHT

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Date: 7/3/2011 at 08:21:18

Daisy (Tupper) Nichols 1878-1943

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MRS. NICHOLS DIES AT OSAGE

Osage -- Mrs. Hugh Nichols, 64 years old, Mitchell County Red Cross Chairman for 20 years died Friday after an illness of six week’s duration. She was well known throughout the state for the prominent part which she played in women’s club work.

Daisy Tupper was born and spent most of her life in Osage. She was graduated from the high school here and attended St. Mary’s school at Faribault, Minn.

She was married to Hugh Nichols and the couple made its home in various localities for almost 30 years before returning to Osage to live.

Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, the D.A.R., and the Wa-tan-Ye club.

Surviving are her husband and one son, Major Richard T. Nichols of Madison barracks, N. Y.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Champion Funeral Home here, and will be conducted by the Rev. Stiles Lessly of the Congregational church and by the Rev. John D. Kern of the Baptist church.
Burial will be made in Osage Cemetery.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday January 2, 1943
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Daisy was born March 2, 1878 in Iowa, the daughter of Augustus Tupper and Louisa (Page) Tupper. She married Hugh Marcus Nichols, the son of Horace Nichols and Jane (Wright) Nichols. (parents information from 1925 Iowa Census)

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MRS. HUGH NICHOLS
DIES NEW YEAR'S
DAY, ILL SHORT TIME

Mrs. Hugh Nichols, known over the county for an unusually active life in civic affairs, died January 1, 1943, after a brief illness.

Daisey Tupper, daughter of Augustus C. and Louisa A. Tupper, was born at osage on March 12, 1878.

She grew up in Osage; attended public schools and was graduated from the local high school. She then attended the Cedar Valley Seminary, and St. Mary's school for girls at Fairbault, Minnesota, also Careton College at Northfield.

Her marriage to Hugh Nichols of Osage, took place in April, 1900. They were married at Mason City and lived there for a short time; then went to California, where they spent the next 13 years. Returning to Osage, they took up residence at the Tupper home where she was born and where they had since lived. One son, Major Richard Nichols, was born to this union.

Mrs. Nichols was one of the most public spirited persons ever to live in this community. Her interest in local and national affairs lef her into membership in many organizations. She had been a member of the Congregational church since July 1904.

For many years she was an acive member of all three women's organizations of that church -- Harmony Club, Ladie's Aid, and Missionary Society. After the last two organizations dissolved she became a member of the new organization, known as Congregational Women.

She was also a membre of the Eastern Star and Eastern Star Kensington; the D.A.R., the Shakespearean Club, the Red Cross, of which she had been county chairman for 24 years. She was Democrat county chairwoman for a number of years, and was alternate Delegate to the national convention in New York in 1924.

Mitchell COunty Press, Jan. 7, 1943