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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ LeRoy William Nickila ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Nickila, LeRoy William
LAST NAME: Nickila FIRST NAME: LeRoy MIDDLE NAME: William NICKNAME: Lee
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 27 Jun 1924 DIED: 23 Oct 2010 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Chiropractor
BIRTH PLACE:  Genoa, Minnesota
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1930 MN CENSUS – Leroy Nickila (5y, b Minnesota) enumerated with parents William (35y, b South Dakota, married at age 22y, occupation miner) and Hilda (37y, b South Dakota, married at age 24y) and 3 siblings, Ivan (11y, b South Dakota), Monroe (9y, b South Dakota) and Muriel (3y, b Minnesota)

1940 MN CENSUS – LeRoy W. Nickila (15y, b Minnesota) enumerated with parents William F. (45y, b South Dakota, occupation highway foreman) and Hilda M. (47y, b South Dakota) and 3 siblings, Morine T. (19y, b South Dakota), Mabel V. (13y, b Minnesota) and Harold F. (8y, b Minnesota)

1st MARRIAGE – to Marion Roth 1947

2nd MARRIAGE – Leroy William Nickila & Selma Rose Hansen md 7 Apr 1995, Marion co, Oregon

3rd MARRIAGE – Leroy William Nickila & M. Estella Hayford md 24 Mar 2000, Marion co, Oregon

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 

Dr. LeRoy William Nickila June 27, 1924 - Oct. 23, 2010 
SALEM - Lee Nickila, son of William and Hilda Nickila, was born in Genoa, Minnesota. He spent his childhood years playing ice hockey on the frozen lakes in the winter, swimming in and fishing those same lakes in the summer. He also enjoyed music and played coronet in the high school band. After graduating from high school the family moved to the Portland/Vancouver area where he joined the army as an aviation cadet and then a second lieutenant. He loved flying. Upon leaving the military he married Marion Roth in 1947. They remained married until her passing in 1995. Together they worked multiple jobs to put Lee through Western States Chiropractic College. Dr. Nickila's first practice was in Clatskanie before moving to Salem in 1960. He loved his profession and found great joy in helping others until he retired in 1980. In 2000 he was blessed to meet and marry Estelle Byrd and they had 10 happy years together. He is survived by son, Stephen Nickila; daughters, Sharon Quiring and Joanne Pfau of Salem; grandson, Adam Newell; granddaughters, Rachael Boehm, Jaimi Krenz, Chelsie Kuebler, Lindsey Sandelin and Carli Pfau; and great-grandson, Brayden Boehm. His first born daughter, Diana Newell of Leavenworth, Washington, passed in 2007. He was loved by many and will be missed greatly. A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at the New Harvest Baptist Church in Salem. Contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association and Willamette Valley Hospice. Please join us in remembering our loved one by visiting www.HED-FH.com. Through this site we invite you to share your thoughts and fond memories with our family. Arrangements are by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen Funeral Home.
Statesman Journal 27 Oct 2010

INSCRIPTION: 

Father
Le Roy William
Nickila
1924 - [2010]

SOURCES: 

Saucy Survey & Photographs 

1930 MN CENSUS (St Louis co, Gilbert, ED 110, sheet 2A)

1940 MN CENSUS (St Louis co, Gilbert, ED 69-62, sheet 13B)

Oregon Marriage Index

SJ 27 Oct 2010

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