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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lester Nicklaus
Lester
Nicklaus
Apr 18, 1932 — Dec 1, 2011
Lester Nicklaus' Obituary
Lester Nicklaus, age 79 of Elgin, passed away suddenly on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin.
The Service of Remembrance for Lester was held at 1:00CT on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan with full military honors by the Bismarck VFW.
Lester F. Nicklaus was born April 18, 1932 at Elgin, ND to Jacob and Martha (Rath) Nicklaus. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1952. After working at Boeing in Seattle, WA, he joined the U.S. Army in 1955. He returned to the farm in 1957 and ranched and farmed until retiring in 2000.
He was united in marriage to Darlene Rafteseth on July 17, 1970 at Elgin, ND.
Lester leaves his wife, Darlene, Elgin, ND; his sisters, Arlene Kinder, Elgin, ND; Veryl (Dave) Mitchell, Fallbrook, CA, Kathleen (Vern) Green, Florence, MT, one brother, DeVerde (Janice) Nicklaus, Pasadena, CA, and a brother-in-law, Robert Bronder, Bellevue, WA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, Ardella Vilhauer, Leone Bronder, Ceata McClellen, Mary Ann Nicklaus, and one brother, Vernon Nicklaus.
The Service of Remembrance for Lester was held at 1:00CT on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan with full military honors by the Bismarck VFW.
Lester F. Nicklaus was born April 18, 1932 at Elgin, ND to Jacob and Martha (Rath) Nicklaus. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1952. After working at Boeing in Seattle, WA, he joined the U.S. Army in 1955. He returned to the farm in 1957 and ranched and farmed until retiring in 2000.
He was united in marriage to Darlene Rafteseth on July 17, 1970 at Elgin, ND.
Lester leaves his wife, Darlene, Elgin, ND; his sisters, Arlene Kinder, Elgin, ND; Veryl (Dave) Mitchell, Fallbrook, CA, Kathleen (Vern) Green, Florence, MT, one brother, DeVerde (Janice) Nicklaus, Pasadena, CA, and a brother-in-law, Robert Bronder, Bellevue, WA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, Ardella Vilhauer, Leone Bronder, Ceata McClellen, Mary Ann Nicklaus, and one brother, Vernon Nicklaus.
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