Glenn A. Nichols

Gladstone, MI
Glenn A. Nichols, 89, of 1217 Minneapolis Avenue, Gladstone, passed away Monday morning, October 13, 2014, at the Jacobetti Home For Veterans in Marquette.

Glenn was born in Detroit, MI on March 29, 1925 the son of Arthur and Ester (Hammerberg) Nichols. Glenn was raised and attended school in Escanaba and later Gladstone. Glenn left school in 1941 and joined the Civilian Conservation Corp. and was stationed at Mormon Creek in the Hiawatha National Forest. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, all CCC camps were closed, and as many young men, Glenn joined the United States Navy in July of 1942 and he graduated from the Great Lakes Training Center in Chicago, IL.

Glenn served the U.S.N. in the Pacific Theater in convoy aboard a sub-chaser boat, which traveled with a Naval Destroyer Vessel. Glenn was honorably discharged in April 1946 and relocated to Southern California, working for the Railroad and as a movie extra. He returned to Delta County and worked as a Merchant Marine for the Buckeye Steamship Co. Glenn later also worked for the Escanaba Paper Company.

In 1951 the Soo Line Railroad hired Glenn where he worked until his retirement in 1983. Glenn was united in marriage to the former Dorothy L. Awve on June 23, 1951 at the St. Lukes Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.

Glenn is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy L. Nichols.

Sister: Phyllis (Lyle) Born of San Jose, CA

Children:
Bruce McKay of Green Bay, WI
Ruth Ann Nichols of Green Bay, WI
Warren (Denise) Nichols of Brampton, MI

Grandchildren:
Christopher (Amy) Nichols of Williamston, N.C.
Adrian (Samantha) Nichols of Loon Lake, WA

Great Grandchildren:
Mila and Kade Nichols of Williamston, N.C.

Sister and brother-in-law, Dean and Edie Ward of Fon du lac, WI and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also survive.

In addition to his parents, Glenn was preceded in death by a step granddaughter, Alicia Peters and step great granddaughter, Shannon Denise Peters.

Glenn and Dorothy loved to dance and danced there way across America and Europe. They also enjoyed sponsoring Sunday Dancing at the Terrace Bay Inn. Glenn loved to go to camp and feed the deer and birds, and cut firewood and harvest saw logs. He also liked to go camping with his family and friends and his beloved Boston Terrier Bulldogs. He always enjoyed a good joke and laugh. He also enjoyed Packer football and stock car racing.

Glenn was a member of the Escanaba VFW Post #2998, Gladstone American Legion Post #71 and First Lutheran Church in Gladstone. He was a former member of the Gladstone Golf Club, Gladstone Yacht Club, Escanaba Y.M.C.A and St. Paul