Obituaries
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[Marjorie Meikle Jensen]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 16, 1981  [p.[ 8

Last Rites Held in Iowa City For Marjorie Jensen, 72

Funeral services for Mrs. Homer (Marjorie Meikle) Jensen, 72, of North Liberty, Iowa, former Bedford resident, were held April 14 in Gay Funeral Home in Iowa City, Iowa.  Mrs. Jensen died April 11 in Mercy Hospital In Iowa City.  Interment was in Iowa City.

Marjorie Meikle Jensen, daughter of Roy and [Mary] Madge Meikle, was born in Bedford July 20, 1908.  She was graduated from Bedford High School in 1925 and attended [the] University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star.

In May 1941 she was married to Homer Jensen in St. Joseph, Missouri; they had lived in South Dakota, Maryville, Missouri; Iowa City and North Liberty, Iowa.

Mr. Jensen was Commander of the C.C.C. Camp near Bedford beginning in 1939 and enlisted in the service in WW II from Bedford.  He retired a major general.  He then became Adjutant General of State [of] South Dakota, including State Director of National Guard, Selective Service and Civil Defense.

Left to cherish Mrs. Jensen's memory are:  her husband, Homer; two daughters and husbands; Janelle and Darrell Wilson, of Lincoln, Nebraska and Mary Jo and Lawrence Weir, of Kellog, Idaho; eight grandchildren; a sister, Ruth and her husband Mort [on] Koser of North Liberty, Iowa; niece, nephews; and many friends.

 

[Albert Wayne Nickel]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 6, 1981    [p. 8]

Last Rites Held in Arizona For A. Wayne Nickel

A Memorial Service for The Reverend Mr. Albert Wayne Nickel, 71, of 10113 Desert Hill Drive East, Sun City, Az., was held July 28 in the Chapel of the First United Presbyterian Church, Sun City.  Mr. Nickel died in the Boswell Hospital July 25 following a long illness.  Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., in the ChaplainsŐ Section.

 The Reverend Mr. Albert Wayne Nickel, Chaplain (Col. U.S. Army Retired), was born in Clearfield, Iowa.  Wayne grew up on a farm near Clearfield and was graduated from Clearfield High School in 1931.

Chaplain Nickel was graduated form Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, and was awarded a Master of Divinity Degree from Pittsburgh-Xenia United Presbyterian Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

For four years, he served as Pastor of the Leetsdale, Pennsylvania United Presbyterian Church.  In May 1941, he was called to active duty with the U.S. Army and continued in active service for 20 years.  He considered his service assignments challenging and personally rewarding.  Chaplain Nickel was aboard the first convoy to leave the United States following Pearl Harbor, serving as Transport Chaplain, and later Acting Chaplain.  During this period of service, he was awarded the Soldier's Medal.

From New York, he was transferred to Fort Ord, California, to write and supervise the religious lectures at the Training Center.  In the fall of 1949, he went to Okinawa, then to Guam, accompanied by his family, where he was Post Chaplain.  This overseas assignment was further extended during the Korean War years.

Responsibilities came quickly as he completed the prestigious Army Command and Staff Course at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.  He was assigned to the First Logistical Command at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina to represent the entire Chaplains' Corps.  While at this post, he became a member of the School Board, Director of the Cub Scout Program and President of the P.T.A.

During his career, Chaplain Nickel was twice Command Chaplain of Army Divisions.  He especially enjoyed his work in Germany as Parish Chaplain.  At his later Army assignment, he was privileged to guide the spiritual life at the Army Language School in Monterey, California, working with the many international staff members.

At the time of his retirement from the Army, Chaplain Nickel was recommended to the Menninger Foundation to participate in their special program, "Pastoral Care and Counseling."  After completing the one-year course, he became Executive Secretary of the Topeka, Kansas, Council of Churches.  He remained in this position for nine years.  While in Topeka, he served as Clerk of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas.

In 1938, Chaplain Nickel was married to Elaine Meikle, of Bedford, a 1930 BHS graduate.  They have one son, Jon Wayne, and three grandchildren, Julia, Amy and Jon Wayne, Jr.  Also surviving are his two sisters: Margaret Gilbert of Altadena, California, Dorothy Carlisle of Omaha, Nebraska, and one brother, Melvin, from Azusa, California.

The Nickels moved to Sun City in 1975 and have been active members of the First United Presbyterian Church.

The family suggests memorial gifts may be made to the First United Presbyterian Church of Sun City or the Heart Foundation

 

[Olive Martin Weir]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 10, 1981   [p.] 4

Olive Weir Services To Be Held

Services are pending for Olive [Martin] Weir, 90, who died Tues., Dec. 8 in McPherson County Hospital in McPherson, Kansas.

Mrs. Weir was a longtime resident of the Bedford area.

 

[Thelma Meikle Roller]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 1982   [p.] 4

Thelma Roller, 74

Final Rites Held in Arizona

Private funeral services were held March 17 for Mrs. John (Thelma M.) Roller, 74, of 10730 Roundelay Cir. , Sun City, Ariz.  Burial was private.  Mrs. Roller died March 15, 1982 following a massive cardiac accident, in Valley View Community Hospital, Youngtown, Ariz.

Thelma Meikle Roller, the eldest daughter of the late John and Hortense [Gibbens] Meikle, was born in Bedford May 31, 1907.   She was a niece of the late Roy and William Meikle and a cousin of William Meikle, Jr. of Bedford.

She was a graduate of Bedford High School (1927) and of the University of Iowa.  She moved to Sun City from Omaha, Nebr., in 1970.

She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Sun City and was in the church choir.  She was a member of Bridge and Sewing Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the American Association of University Women and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

Mrs. Roller is survived by her husband, John; a daughter, Jane Kastl, of Belton, Mo.; five grandchildren; two sisters: Elaine Nickel of Sun City and Margaret Reedy, Grants Pass, Oregon.

 

[Edna Mildred Horning White]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    November 18, 1982    [p. 4]

Last Rites Held November 9 For Edna White, 66

Funeral services for Mrs. John Russell (Edna Mildred) White, 66, of Bedford, held November 9 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, were officiated by Rev. Carl Cummings and Rev. Roger Charley.  Fraternal Honors were presented by Bedford Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge #134.  Mrs. White died in her Bedford home November 4, 1982.  Interment was at Dallas Center Cemetery, rural Dallas Township, Taylor County, Iowa.

Edna Mildred Horning White, daughter of Roy A. Horning and Annice Sheley Horning, was born in Ross Township, Taylor County Iowa, October 16, 1916.  She grew to maturity in the Hazel Dell neighborhood in Ross Township, where she attended the public school and the Hopkins Methodist Church.  She was graduated from the Bedford High School in 1934.

On December 25, 1940 she was united in marriage to Merton Mullen in Maryville, Missouri and they lived in California.

On March 13, 1953 she was united in marriage to John Russell White in Inglewood, California and they resided in the Redding, California area.  She was employed for ten years by the Internal Revenue Department and later she and her husband operated an upholstery shop.

She was a member of the Gravity Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge #134 of Bedford, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband John Russell White who died in May 1971.

She returned to Bedford in 1972 to help care for her mother and has resided here since that time.

Left to cherish her memory are her brother, Homer Horning, and his wife, Garnett, of Bedford, Iowa; three step daughters: Carolyn Hanni, Diane Marsolek, Melissa Ward; one step-son, Donald White and several step grandchildren, all residing in California; two nieces: Jane Silcott and Cathy Horning; cousins; other relatives and friends.

She was a kind and considerate loved one and will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

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