Funeral services for Albert "Shorty" Nicklous, age 83 of Elgin will be 10:00am MT on Monday, December 19, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin with Pastor John Amundson, officiating. Burial will be at 3:00pm CT at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan with full military honors afforded by the George W. Snook Jr. American Legion Post #246 of Elgin and the Mandan Legion VFW.


A family service will be held at 5:00pm on Sunday evening at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.


Special music will be provided by Annette Roth, organist. Serving as Honorary Casketbearers are all his Great Grandchildren. Active Casketbearers are Rick Olheiser, Jason Nicklous, Nicole Pedeliski, Brian Nicklous, Shannon Pedeliski, Holli Nicklous, Jennifer Nicklous, Kirsten Ehrke, Jodi Bicknell, J.D. Pedeliski, Brent Waters. Bryan Waters, and Bo Dachtler.


ALBERT C. NICKLOUS, "Shorty" to his many friends, was born February 7, 1922 north of Heil, ND to Gottlieb and Mathilda (Schultz) Nicklous. He attended school in the Elgin area and joined the CCC's where he worked near Kramer, ND in 1936 and 1937. Shorty was inducted into the US Army on May 17, 1944 where he earned a Purple Heart. He was discharged on April 26, 1946. He returned to the Elgin area where he worked for area farmers. On May 6, 1948, he was united in marriage to Leona Koepplin. Shorty also worked for five years helping with the construction of Heart Butte Dam. From 1951 to 1983 he worked as a Lead Lineman for Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Coop out of Flasher until his retirement on January 31, 1983.


Shorty enjoyed playing softball in his early years, watching baseball on television, especially the World Series, playing pinochle, camping and visiting at Heart Butte, and being a "gopher" for the campers. But most of all he enjoyed being with his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.


Shorty was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.


He passed from this life on Wednesday, December 14, at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin.


Surviving family members include his 2 sons, Dick (Donna) Nicklous, Bellive, NE; Perry (Pam) Nicklous, Dickinson, ND: 3 daughters, Donna (Roger) Weflen, Dickinson, ND; Sharon Kriedeman, Great Falls, MT; Susan (Jeff) Pedeliski, Belfield, ND; 12 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren; 5 sisters, Louise Sackman, Mandan, ND; Irene Eggers, New Salem, ND; Arlene Arndt, Leith, ND; Violet Monson, Fargo, ND; Delores Schneider, Fargo, ND; Marlene Frovarp, Park River, ND; 2 brothers, Raymond Nicklous, Columbia Falls, MT; Wilmer Nicklous, Fargo, ND; and special friend Annette Theurer; and numerous nieces and nephews, and will be greatly missed.


Shorty was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Reinhardt and Ervin Nicklous; and 1 sister, Anna Molm.


Visitation will be Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin and on Monday one hour prior to services at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin.