Don Oscar Nichols

Mr. Don Oscar Nichols Mr. Don Oscar Nichols, 94, of Dewey, died at 10:30 A. M. on Thursday, November 25, 2011 at his home in Dewey. Services for Mr. Nichols will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Dewey Cemetery Pavilion with Father Festus Maliwa of St. John Catholic Church officiating. Full military rites will be accorded by the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105 and interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Nichols was born at Dewey, Oklahoma on December 14, 1916 the son of George Henry Nichols and Myrtle Alice (Bowman) Nichols. He grew up and received his education in Dewey, graduating from Dewey High School in 1935. He enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps in April 1937 and worked with them in Bartlesville and at Cody Wyoming until September 1940. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps on January 2, 1941 and served with the 392nd Bombardment Squadron until receiving his Honorable Discharge on October 31, 1942. Mr. Nichols was then employed with McDonnell-Douglas in Tulsa where they were building aircraft for the war effort. Following the war, Mr. Nichols was employed with Phillips Petroleum Company in Dumas, Texas until transferring back to the Phillips Research Center in Bartlesville in 1951. He remained employed with Phillips until his retirement in 1983. He was married to Marjory Nova Starkey on September 8, 1945 at Independence, Kansas. They made their home in Dumas, Texas until returning to Dewey to make their home. Mrs. Nichols preceded him in death on April 30, 2007. Mr. Nichols was an avid fisherman, woodworker and an active Citizens Band radio operator. He was also an active gardener who loved to raise flowers and was a shade tree mechanic. He was a member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and was always helping others and acquired the nickname of “Donald Do Good”. Mr. Nichols is survived by two brothers, Billy Ray Nichols of Bartlesville and Jerry Nichols of Eufaula, Okla., one sister, Betty Jane Armstrong of Cherry Hills, Colorado, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife he was also preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, Earl Eugene Nichols, Carl Curtis Nichols, Joe Nichols, John Wesley Nichols, and Joe Rogers and four sisters, Violet Clark, June Rigdon, Zola Mae Goldsberry and Georgina Morgan. PDF Printable Version

Don Oscar Nichols

December 14, 1916 - November 24, 2011