Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, Leon D. 1983
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, September 21, 1983

The Rev. Leon D. Nicholson, 85, of Lake Odessa, died Monday at Ionia Manor 
where he had lived for the past 10 years.  He was a retired minister of the 
Free Methodist Church, Northern Michigan Conference, and a retired barber.

Born July 18, 1898, in Mecosta County, he was the son of George and Ella 
Hosmer Nicholson.  He attended schools in Mecosta County and the Free 
Methodist Ministers’ training school. 

He was married to Phoebe Austin July 16, 1919; she preceded him in death in 
Sept. 1976.

He served Free Methodist churches in Millbrook, McCarron, Dafter, Cedar 
Springs, Howard City, Mt. Pleasant, Greenville, and Cadillac, in addition to 
working as a barber, until he retired from the ministry in 1963.  He continued 
to work as a barber until retiring in 1973.  He was a member of the Free 
Methodist Northern Michigan Conference.

He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Evelyn) Aldrich of Lake 
Odessa, Mrs. Harold (Lucille) Blakely of Sebewaning, and Wanieita and Betty 
Nicholson, both of Midland; six sons, Maynard, Leon Jr., Donald and Arlo, all 
of Hastings; Robert of Battle Creek and Loren of Lansing; 30 grandchildren and 
31 great grandchildren.  Also surviving are three brothers, L. G. Nicholson of 
California, Fred of New York and William of Lakeview and four sisters, Agnes 
Cornell and Weman Myberg of Barryton, Mabel Shad of Grand Rapids and Dorothy 
Robart of Flint.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Hastings Free 
Methodist Church, wit the Revs. Floyd Butcher, Fred Basil, Donald Brail and 
Sup. Theodore Johnson officiating.  Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.  A 
memorial has been established for the Building Fund of the Hastings Free 
Methodist Church.  The family will be at Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel 
Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.



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