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Obit for Leonard Leroy Nichols

Mr. Leonard Leroy Nichols of St. Paul, Minnesota died in St. Paul on December 25, 
1958, at the age of 80 years, 2 months and 15 days.  He was born on October 9, 1878 
at Ceves, Morgan County, Illinois.  His last illness began with a coronary attack on
October 3, 1958, and his condition grew progressivley worse until death came to him 
in his home on Christmas morning at 8:33 a.m. 

A funeral service was held in St. Paul on December 26, 1958 at 8:00 p.m. and was 
conducted by his son-in-law, the Rev. G. Ronald Wells, pastor of the Asbury Methodist 
church, St. Paul.

Another service was held at the Methodist church at Butler, Oklahoma on Monday, 
December 29, at 2:30 p.m.  The Rev. Baxa, local pastor, conducted the serives with 
the Rev. John Paul Jones, pastor o the Methodist church of Cheyenne, delivering the 
sermon.  Interment was in the Butler cemetery, Butler, Custer County, Oklahoma.

Members of the local Masonic Lodge of Butler served as pallbearers.  They are L.E. 
McKowan, Chick Walker, L.D. Kiker, Lawrence Hodge, Bill McAfee and Herman Phillips.

Mr. Nichols was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Havre, Montana, his last place of 
employment which concluded 27 years of service with the Great Northern Railroad.  
He also was a member of the York Rite of the Shrine.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Anna, and his daughters, Mrs. G. 
Ronald (Grethel) Wells, St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Edward (Lucille) Schaefer, 
Kinsey, Montana; his sons, Keaton G. Nichols, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Robert B. 
Nichols, La Puente, California, fifteen grandchildren, his sister, Mrs. Jodie S. Moad, 
Cheyenne, Oklahoma, his aunts, Mrs. Robert (Ella) Nichols of Clinton, Oklahoma and 
Mrs. Justin Scott, Scottville, Illinois.

Mr. Nichols settled on a claim 12 miles northwest of Hammon, about 1900.  He and his 
family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1916.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK