Marjorie C. Nicholas

Marjorie C. Nicholas, 89, Kokomo, passed away at 2:00 AM Thursday, February 2, 2012 in St. Joseph Hospital. She was born June 28, 1922 in Howard County to the late William F. and Mary E. (Kepner) Kinney. On January 23, 1946 in Kokomo she married Vestal R. Nicholas; he preceded her in death on October 17, 1973.

After graduating from high school she graduated from the Indiana Business College with an associate's degree. She had worked at the Kokomo Center Schools from 1967 and retiring in 1985 where she was a secretary. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church; St. Patrick's Rosary Society, daughters of Isabella of which she was a past regent, Clay 49ers; Kokomo Center Schools School Belles; and World Organization of China Painting.

Surviving are seven children and spouses; daughter and son in law; Kathy and Roger Leep, Kokomo, daughter and son in law; Mary and Dave Melville, Lafayette, son and daughter in law; John V. and Pam Nicholas, Kokomo, daughter and son in law; Jane and Richard Kanable, Kokomo, daughter and son in law; Susan and Michael Kuhn, Kokomo, daughter; Karen Nicholas, Lafayette, son and daughter in law; Jim and Shelly Nicholas, Kokomo. Also surviving are sixteen grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, two sisters; Jeanne Roush, Michigan, and Mary Ellen Fenn, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers; Robert Kinney and James Richard Kinney.

A Mass of Christian burial will take place at 11:00 AM Monday, February 6, 2012 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1229 North Washington Street with Rev. Father Theodore C. Dudzinski officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM Sunday, where a rosary service will be recited at 4:30 PM at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 South Webster Street and from 10:00 AM until time of service on Monday at the church. Memorial contributions may be directed to either St. Patrick Catholic Church or to St. Patrick or St. Joan of Arc schools, envelopes will be provided at the mortuary on Sunday and at the church on Monday.