November 15, 2006
  The ADVOCATE 
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 10, No. 88
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 3:
  
  "John Lee Nickelson
  1929-2006
  Graveside services and burial for John Lee Nickelson, 77, Ottawa, were Tuesday,
  November 14, 2006, at Garnett City Cemetery.  Mr. Nickelson died Thursday, November
  9, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, KS.
  John Lee Nickelson was born March 10, 1929, at Garnett, the son of Charles Monroe and
  Mary Martha 'Dolly' (Miller) Nickelson.  He was a nearly lifelong resident of Anderson
  County, moving to Ottawa in 2002.
  For 33 years, Lee was employed by the Anderson County Road Department as a heavy
  equipment operator, retiring in 1994.  He attended the Cherry Street Wesleyan Church of
  Ottawa.
  Lee and Delma Jeannine were married October 14, 1956, at Ottawa.  They shared 50
  years of marriage together.  She survives of their home.
  Mr. Nickelson was preceded in death by his son, Darrell Lee Nickelson; his parents,
  Charles and Dolly Nickelson; and his brother, Charles Ivan Nickelson.
  Lee is also survived by his daughter, Mary Beth Thompson and her husband Robert of
  Ottawa; his sons, David Charles Nickelson of Garnett and James Kevin Nickelson of
  Ottawa; his grandchildren, Brandi Lea Nickelson, Ethan Robert Thompson, Meghan
  Nicole Nickelson, and Erick Joshua Thompson, all of Ottawa; his step grandson, B.J.
  Rose of Richmond; and several nieces and nephews.
  The family suggests memorial to the John Lee Nickelson Memorial Fund, which may be
  sent in care of Dengel and Son Mortuary, 235 South Hickory, Ottawa, KS 66067, who
  was in charge of arrangements."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon