Clista Marie Nicodemus, 90, a lifetime area resident living in the Life Care Center of Rochester for the past four years, died of natural causes at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2003.
Marie was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Anderson Howard. She was born on July 15, 1912, in Knox, Ind. She attended Washington School in Plymouth.
She was married to Max Nicodemus. Max died on October 18, 1979.
A homemaker, she enjoyed sewing, doing jigsaw puzzles, playing bingo and socializing with her many friends.
She is survived by three daughters and three sons. Two daughters live in the area: Breva Jane Bishop, South Bend, and Nora Kathren Young, Bremen. The others are Janet Sherwood, Walter Sherwood, Paul Stull and John Quigley.
Two sisters, both of Plymouth, also survive. They are Evelena Barcus and Ollie Howard. David Nicodemus, a grandson, Rochester, Ind., also survives, along with many nieces and nephews.
Marie was preceded in death by her spouse and by five sisters and three brothers. They are: Dolly May, Mary Evans, Ruth Sult, Fannie Klingerman and Nora I. Poulos. Also Charles, John and Wilbur Howard.
There will be no visitation.
Funeral services will be on Friday, February 28, 2003, at 10 a.m. in the New Oakhill Chapel, Plymouth, Ind. The Rev. Dean Snyder, pastor of the First Community Church of God of LaPaz, Ind., will officiate.
Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. |
