Donald Milton Nickels

Mr. Donald Milton Nickels Mr. Donald Milton Nickels, 84, of Bartlesville, died at 3:14 A.M. on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Terry Long officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery where full military rites will be accorded by the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105. Funeral services and interment will be under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial has been established to the Green Country Lion’s Club, ATTN: Don Tyler, 315 S. Delaware, Bartlesville , Oklahoma, 74003. Mr. Nickels was born at Ochelata, Oklahoma on June 5, 1927 the son of Earl Frank Nickels and Madeline Gale (Magee) Nickels. He grew up in the Ochelata and Ramona areas and graduated from Ramona High School. He entered the United States Navy in which he served during World War II. Following his Honorable Discharge he was employed with Great Lakes Pipeline Company at Barnsdall and at Ponca City. He was later employed with Phillips Petroleum Company as a plant operator at the research center until his retirement. Following his retirement he later was a school bus driver for Bartlesville Public Schools. He was married to Margaret Jane Felter on December 3, 1954 at Eureka, Kansas by the Justice of the Peace and they have made their home in Bartlesville since that time. Mr. Nickels was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church where he had volunteered as a church bus driver. He was also a member of the VFW and American Legion and was a longtime member of the Green Country Lion’s Club (formerly Oak Park Lion’s Club). He loved to go to the airport and watch airplanes, enjoyed bird watching, had helped coach his son’s Little League Baseball teams and had also been active in maintaining local baseball fields as well as being active in other volunteer work in the community and with the church. Mr. Nickels is survived by his wife, Margaret Jane Nickels of Bartlesville, one daughter, Cheryl Dawn Williamson of Tulsa, two sons, Clark Earl Nickels and wife Anita Lynn of Norman and Craig Dale Nickels and wife Angie of Bartlesville, two brothers, Norman Nickels and wife Ida of Bartlesville and Kenneth Nickels of Barnsdall, one sister, Shirley Paslay of Skiatook,, six grandchildren, Breanna Dawn Pierce and husband Joshua, Michael Brett Williamson, Andrea Renee Nickels, Amanda Lynne Nickels, Randon Kyle Nickels and Cameron Scott Nickels. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Bob Nickels, Ernest Nickels and Jerry Nickels, one sister, Earlene Southern, a half brother, Earl Yarbrough and a half sister, Jane Nickels. PDF Printable Version

Donald Milton Nickels

June 5, 1927 - March 25, 2012