[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 |
[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. |