Pamela Diane (Nickels) Smith

Pamela Diane (Nickels) Smith Pamela D. (Nickels) Smith, 48, of LaCrescent, Minnesota and formerly of Bartlesville, died on Monday, April 30, 2012 at the St. Mary’s Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Bartlesville with family members, Rev. Jim Pasley and Rev. Clayton Paslay officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Casket escorts will include Jeremy Nickels, Eric Nickels, Jason Nickels,Hunter Nickels, Bob Burnett and Chris Brown. Pamela’s family will receive guests at the Stumpff Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to Bluestem Therapeutic Riding, P.O. Box 121, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005 Pam was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on March 19, 1964, to Norman and Ida Nickels and she was the youngest of five siblings. Pam graduated from Col-Hi (now Bartlesville High School) in 1982. She graduated from Rogers State in 1984 with an Associates degree in Horse and Ranch Management. From early childhood, Pam was an avid animal lover, especially horses. She was very active in the Sooner Saddlers Youth Riding Club for 9 years. She served as club queen on two different occasions. Pam was Cavalcade Queen 1982-83. She was Pawhuska Round up Club queen in 1991, and was active in the Bluestem Quarter Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association and Palomino Horse Breeder’s Association. Pam was married to Roy Smith of Pawhuska in 1990 and he preceded her in death in 2010. They had two children, Taylor and Carolyn. Pam and her children moved to Minnesota in 1997 where they have lived for the last 15 years. Pam was an organ donor and benefactors of her anatomical gifts included her heart for a 66 year old female in Missouri, her liver for a 58 year old female who had been on the waiting list for 257 days, a kidney for a 55 year old female in California who was a perfect match, her other kidney to a recipient in Missouri and her pancreas to the University of Minnesota for research. Pam is survived by her children, Taylor Smith and Carolyn Smith both of LaCrescent, Minnesota,a step son, Dustin Smith of Wisconsin, her parents, Norman and Ida Nickels of Bartlesville, her brothers, DuWayne Nickels and wife Nancy of Broken Arrow, OK., Darrell Nickels of Copan, Clifton Nickels and wife Joyce of Bartlesville, and her sister, Penny Nickels of Bartlesville, a special niece, Amber Nickels and her fiancée Chris Brown of Bartlesville and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Connie Nickels. PDF Printable Version

Pamela Diane (Nickels) Smith

March 19, 1964 - April 30, 2012