John Ralph Nicholas

1878 - 1967  (88 years)

• Name	John Ralph Nicholas
  Nickname	Ralph
  Birth	07 Sep 1878	Rippey, Greene County, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jul 1967	Westminster, Adams County, Colorado
  Burial	14 Jul 1967	Crown Hill Memorial Park, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado
  Person ID	I162	Thompson
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2005

  
  

  Father	Ernest Edward Nicholas,   b. 25 Jun 1838, Berlin, Germany d. 09 Oct 1924, Rippey, Greene County, Iowa (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Minerva Bacon Hastings,   b. 19 Apr 1839, Bombay, New York d. 03 Dec 1900, Rippey, Greene County, Iowa (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1867	Sublet, Illinois
  Notes	Marriage Record: Name: Edward E. Nicholis Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1867 Marriage Place: Clinton Co., Iowa Spouse: Minerva B. Morris FHL Film Number: 1005210 Reference ID: 2:3PLR6W6
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Marie Reinking,   b. 24 Dec 1884, Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas d. 16 May 1908, Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	04 Apr 1904	Tipton, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Kathryn Mary Nicholas,   b. 14 Feb 1905, Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas d. 29 Mar 1998, Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas (Age 93 years) + 2. Thelma Loretta Nicholas,   b. 13 Jun 1906, Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas d. 08 Sep 2003, Thornton, Adams County, Colorado (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2003

  
  

  Family 2	Bertha Myrtle Mayhood,   b. 09 Jun 1880, Galena, Kansas d. 04 Nov 1964, Westminster, Adams County, Colorado (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1911	Columbus, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Nina Bertha Nicholas,   b. 06 Mar 1915, Two Buttes, Baca County, Colorado d. 04 Apr 2012, Grand Junction, Colorado (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2003

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Ralph Nicholas John Ralph Nicholas
  		Ralph Nicholas Ralph Nicholas age 15 in 1893
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  		John Ralph Nicholas Picture taken in the early 1960's.
  		Ralph and Bertha (Mayhood) Nicholas Ralph and Bertha (Mayhood) Nicholas
  		John Ralph Nicholas and Mary Marie Reinking John Ralph Nicholas and Mary Marie Reinking Wedding Photo Apr 1904

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census Record - Yell, Boone County, Iowa - Page 28
  		John Ralph Nicholas and family 1905 Census Page 1 John Ralph Nicholas and family 1905 Census
  		John Ralph Nicholas and family 1905 Census Page 2 John Ralph Nicholas and family 1905 Census
  		Mary Marie Reinking and Ralph Nicholas Mary Marie Reinking and Ralph Nicholas Wedding announcement Unknown Newspaper
  		John Ralph Nicholas and Family John Ralph Nicholas and Family 1940 Census (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Ernest Edward Nicholas and family Ernest Edward Nicholas and family 1885 Iowa State Census
  		John Ralph Nicholas and Family 1930 Census John Ralph Nicholas and Family 1930 Census Ralph - 50 Bertha M - 48 Nina B - 14
  		Ernest Edward Nicholas 1885 State Census Ernest Edward Nicholas 1885 State Census Edwd E - 46 Minerva - 45 Thomas L M - 20 Ernest W - 16 Edwd H - 14 Ada - 12 Carl - 9 Jno R - 7 Abijah - 3 King Fritz - <1

  
  

  Headstones

  Nicholas, John Ralph Ralph J. Nicholas, Sept. 7 1878 - July 11 1967

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph died at 12:50 PM. at the Plaza Park Nursing Home. Obituary: Ralph J. Nicholas Funeral services for Ralph J. Nicholas, retired farmer, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Olinger Mortuary, Boulder st. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr. Nicholas, who lived at 2760 W First ave., died Tuesday in Plaza Park Nursing Home, Westminster. He was 88. Born on Sept. 7, 1878, in Rippey, Iowa, he attended schools there. He married Miss Mary Reinking in Tipton, Kan., in 1904. After her death, he married Miss Bertha Mayhood in Columbus, Kan., in 1921. Mr. Nicholas homesteaded in Baca County before moving to Lincoln County, where he operated a nursery. He moved to Denver in 1949 following retirement. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Inness of Karvel, Mrs. Nina B. Eason of Denver, Mrs. Thelma Thompson and Mrs. Inez Schroeder, both of Westminster; a sister, Mrs. Addie Mullen of Kansas City, grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Eastern Colorado Plainsman Thursday, 27 July 1967, Hugo, Colorado Memorial Services Are Held For Ralph J. Nicholas Services for Ralph J. Nicholas were held at 1:00 p.m. July 21 in the Olinger Mortuary at Denver. Burial was in Crown Hill. Mr. Nicholas died Tuesday, July 11, in Plaza Park Nursing Home in Westminster. He was born September 7, 1878, in Rippey, Ia. He married Mary Reinking in Tipton, Kans., in 1904 and she died two years later. In 1911 he married Bertha Mayhood in Columbus, Kans. They homesteaded about eleven miles southwest of two buttes in Baca County. Later he lived in Lincoln County and established the Oasis Nursery. His greatest satisfaction was in doing for others. One of his happiest moments was the opportunity to furnish some of the trees for the Bucklen Cemetery north of Karvel. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas retired in Denver in 1949. Mrs. Nicholas died November 4, 1964, three years after they had celebrated theirgolden wedding anniversary. Survivors include four daughters; Mrs. Thelma Thompson and Mrs. Inez Schroeder, both of Westminster, Mrs. Nina B. Eason, Denver and Mrs. Kathryn Inness, Karvel; one sister, Mrs. Addie Mullen, Kansas City, Mo.; nine grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Nicholas - Ralph J. Nicholas of 2760 W. First ave. Father of Kathryn Inness, Karvel, Colo., Thelma Thompson and Inez Schreoder, both of Westminster, Colo., and Nina B. Eason of Denver; brother of Addie Mullen of Kansas City, Mo.; also survived by nine grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Services, Drawing Room, Sixteenth at Boulder Friday, 1 p.m. To Crown Hill Cemetery. Died: Death Certficate on file.