Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nickel, Fain A. 2009
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Greenville Daily News, 14 Feb 2009

Fain A. Nickel, 80, of Belding, died Thursday evening, Feb. 12, 2009, at Carson
City Hospital.  Fain was born Feb. 25, 1928, in Wayne, the son of Milton and
Arlo VanWarmer Nickel.

In earlier years, Fain was a mechanic at the Ford Garage in Belding.  He later
did carpentry work around the Belding area, was a die maker for 20 years at
Jordan Manufacturing in Belding and was the fire chief for the city of Belding,
retiring in 1992.  He also served as a volunteer firefighter, worked in the
police department and for the ambulance and taught first aid and CPR.  Fain
enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and collecting coins.  He had a love of
family and will be greatly missed.  He was a member of the United Methodist
Church of Belding.

Fain was married on June 8, 1947, in Belding, to Marguerite Robinson and she
survives along with their children, Mickey and John Osborn of Perrinton, Danny
and Vicki Nickel of Belding, Linda and John Baker of Walker and Marianne Nickel
of Belding.  He is also survived by four grandchildren, Jennifer and Justin
Osborn, Nicholas Nickel, Angela Baker; one great-grandchild, Jacklyn Rose Baker;
his step-grandchildren, Ed Woodward and Mary Jo, Chuck and Amy Jo Woodward, Amy
Hansen and Lonny Hansen, John and Beth Baker and Ryan Baker, several
step-great-grandchildren; and his sister and brother-in-law, Charlene and John
Heim of Traverse City.  Fain was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, Belding,
with Pastor Connie Shatz officiating.  Interment will follow in Rest Haven
Memory Gardens, Belding.  Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday
at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.  Memorial contributions may be
given to the United Methodist Church, Firefighters Assistance Fund or Carson
City Hospital.


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