Vitals: Obits: Nicholson, Hope, Indiana Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Leslie Kammerdiener. lesliekamm@americanteleport.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted through the courtesy of the Indiana Gazette Hope Nicholson Hope Alden Nicholson, 96, of Indi- ana, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1997, at Scenery Hill Manor in Indiana. Born July 12, 1901, in Tanoma, Rayne Township, she was the daugh- ter of Stephen and Clara McGuire Rowe. Mrs. Nicholson was a member of the First Christian Church of Indi- ana. She was a homemaker and had been employed by the Ross and DeGaetano Dry Cleaners for more than 35 years. Surviving are three children, Rob- ert David Nicholson and wife Betty, of Punta Gorda, Fla.; Arlene Hope Nicholson, Indiana; and M. Jean Roadarmel, Indiana; five grandchil- dren: Delores McQuilken, Punta Gorda, Fla.; David Nicholson, Oak- land Park, Fla.; Sandra Ruffner and husband Floyd Jr., Indiana; Cynthia Uher and husband Robert, Indiana, and Fred Roadarmel, Indiana; four great-grandchildren and two great- great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, David W. Nichol- son; one sister, Gertie Stuchell, and four brothers, John, Speer, Steele and Ben. Friends will be received Thursday from 1-3 p.m. at the Bence-Mihalcik Funeral Home in Indiana where services will be held at 3 p.m. The Rev. Randall L. Elsea will officiate and interment will be in the Ruffner Cemetery in Rayne Township. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church, 5th and Water Streets, Indiana, PA 15701.