John Nightingale
Obituary
John E. Nightingale, 80, died Sunday
(July 16, 2017) at Diversicare of Sedgwick.
He was born Feb. 3, 1937, at Halstead
to Benjamin T. and Ella C. (Decker) Nightingale.
He was a lifetime resident of Halstead
and was a 1955 graduate of Halstead High School, member of the First
United Methodist Church and Halstead Lions Club.
He served in the U.S. Army.
He managed Sunderland's IGA, worked at
Halstead Hospital and Farmers Co-op, all of Halstead.
On April 16, 1963, he married Karen
Wall at Mt. Hope; they later divorced. She survives of Newton.
Other survivors include son, Brad
(Layla) Nightingale, Halstead; daughter, Lori (Carl) Burns, Newton;
brother, Robert (Betty) Nightingale, Corcoran, California; sisters,
Joan (Robert) Cohen, Phoenix, and Della Mae Walker, Naperville,
Illinois; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers,
Wilbur, Harvey and Carlyle Nightingale; and a sister, Vivian Rundell.
Memorial service will be 10 a.m. Friday
(July 21, 2017) at First United Methodist Church, Halstead, with
Pastor Sang Pak Lee officiating. Burial will follow at Halstead
Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to Halstead
Lions Club in care of Kaufman Funeral Home, Halstead.
