Irma Marie Nice 1913-2011

NICE, UHL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/24/2013 at 13:37:05

Sioux City Journal
9 December 2011

BRONSON, Iowa -- Irma Marie Nice, 98, formerly of Bronson, passed away peacefully on Dec. 6, 2011, surrounded by her loving family.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Timothy's Church in San Mateo, Calif. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday, with a rosary at 7 p.m., at Sneider & Sullivan & O'Connell's in San Mateo.

Irma, the oldest daughter of Edna and Alouis Uhl, was born on a farm just outside of Bronson in 1913, at the dawn of the 20th century.

She married William Nice in 1939 and moved to the West Coast, first to San Francisco, Brisbane and in 1941 finally settled in San Mateo, raising a family of 10 children. After her husband, Bill, died in 1986, she moved to Madonna Manor in Salinas, Calif., where she lived out the remainder of her life.

Irma was a homemaker and an ardent Catholic all her life. She was a long-standing member of Catholic Daughters of America and was among the founding members of the St. Timothy's Women Guild. She loved and cared for her children and grandchildren, who kept her forever young. Irma was a matriarch in every sense of the word, but kept the simple farm girl roots solidly in place throughout her life. She will be greatly missed for her guidance and loving way.

Irma is survived by her eight children, Rosemary, Anne (Rudy), Edna (William), Irma Linda, James (Sondra), Thomas (Rosie), Robert (Linda), Ralph (Nancy), and Edward (Annie); daughter-in-law, Karen (Bill deceased); 23 grandchildren; sister and brother, Ruth (Ralph) Nice and Bernard (Gracie) Uhl.