Helen Nichols

HELEN E. NICHOLS

Services for Helen E. Nichols, 99, of Gainesville, are set for Friday, March 27, 2009 at 10 a.m. at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Jim Pemberton officiating. Services are under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll and Son Funeral Home.

A rosary with a visitation to follow is set for Thursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Helen was born to Henry and Mary Elizabeth Buescher Albers in Effingham, Ill. on April 2, 1909. Her family relocated to Muenster when she was three years old. Helen lived the next 97 years of her life in Muenster, Lindsay and Gainesville. She received her nursing degree in 1930 and for the next 44 years worked for the Gainesville Hospital and several local doctors.

Helen was a devout Christian and an active member of St. Mary’s Church. Her hobbies were gardening and needlework.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Troy Long and Cathy and Ron McCormick; sons and daughters-in-law, Joe and Sandy Nichols and James and Sherida Nichols; grandchildren, Roslyn McGowan, Terry Long, Rhonda Sue Collier, Karen Hickson, Cindy Evans, Leigh Ann Dishman, Michael Nichols, Nancy Evans, Kristen Epstein, and Julie Nichols; 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Nichols in 1965; her parents and seven brothers and sisters.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association or The American Heart Assosciation in Helen’s name.

The family would like to express appreciation to Dr. Larry Sears and the very loving, caring staff at Renaissance Care Center.