Opal M. Nichols

Opal M. Nichols, 103, of Goshen, died Saturday, January 18, 2020, at home.

She was born April 21, 1916 in Clinton Township to William Otis and Lucretia (Hershberger) Hartsough.

On March 4, 1939 she married Stanley Baer.  He died August 19, 1939.  On April 7, 1944 she married J. Wendell Nichols.  He died May 11, 1984.  On May 23, 1987 she married Melvin Nichols.  He died July 22, 2000.

Survivors include four children, Marilyn (David) Targgart of Fort Wayne, Leslie McCulloch of Acampo, California, Stanley Baer of Goshen and Corwin (Victoria) Nichols of Soquel, California; a step-daughter, Diane (Al) Baldridge of Sugar Grove, Illinois; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild and four sisters, Ruth Stark and Thelma Kauffman, both of Goshen, Velma Cripe of Cassopolis, Michigan and Mary (Alvin) Cripe of New Paris.

Along with her parents and her husbands, she was preceded in death by a son, Richard Nichols; a brother, William Hartsough and a step-son, Lynn Nichols.

A homemaker, Mrs. Nichols, graduated as valedictorian from Millersburg High School.  She had been a member of Sugar Grove Church since 1953.

Visitation will be Thursday, January 23, 2020, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Rock Run Cemetery, Friday, January 24 at 10 a.m., followed by a 2 p.m. memorial service at Sugar Grove Church.

Memorial donations may be given to Sugar Grove Church or Center for Hospice Care.