Allan Nickel
1939 - 2018
Obituary
Allan G. Nickel, 79, of Newton, died
Monday (May 14, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newton,
the son of Carl and Grace Unruh Nickel. Allan attended a one-room
country school for the first eight years, then graduated from Newton
High School in 1957. After graduating, he went to work for Hesston
Manufacturing.
Allan married Lenora Voth on Aug. 12,
1960, at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church of rural Whitewater. They
moved to Indianapolis for voluntary service as an orderly in a
hospital. They had three daughters: Michelle, Marcelette (Marci) and
Janelle. As a family, they enjoyed camping and gardening.
In his spare time he took
correspondence courses that eventually led him to being a tool
designer at Hesston Manufacturing, which would later become AGCO,
where he worked for 43 years.
After Allan's father died, he and his
brother, Dwight, moved back to the family farm and would farm
together until Allan's health prohibited him from being involved.
Allan was interested in politics and
was actively involved with Farm Bureau, serving on the Harvey County
Board. For a number of times, he served as the local board president.
On June 4, 1988, he married Sharon Vogt
Hiebert. To this union were brought three more children: Doug and
Penny Hiebert, Lonnie Hiebert and Gail Hiebert.
Allan loved traveling. He took the
train to Tacoma, Washington, to see his sister, Janice, and her
family. Other memorable trips were to the Indian Passageway, Alaska,
Australia and New Zealand.
He was a member of Grace Community
Church, where he served in various ways for 25 years.
Allan is preceded in death by his first
wife, Lenora; baby daughter, Michelle; parents; and various
sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon of
Newton; daughters: Marci Lehner and husband Robert of Abilene and
Janelle Nickel of Newton; along with Doug Hiebert and wife Penny,
Lonnie Hiebert and wife Debra, all of rural Peabody, and Gail Voth
and husband Darrell of Oklahoma City; brother, Dwight Nickel and wife
Beverly of rural Newton; sister, Janice Kinsley of Tacoma,
Washington; grandchildren: Michael Rhoades, Cory Hiebert and wife
Kait, Matthew Hiebert, Mikayla Hiebert, Noah, Lily and Jude Voth;
great-granddaughter, Addilyn Hiebert; and nephews, Scott Nickel and
wife Tina and Phillip Nickel and wife Jimmie.
Graveside services and interment will
be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (May 17, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church
Cemetery of rural Whitewater. Memorial services will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday at Grace Community Church in Newton. Friends may call
at the funeral home from 1 until 8 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2018),
where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
A memorial has been established with
Grace Community Church, Kansas Christian Home and Good Shepherd
Hospice. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home,
120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
