Gladys Schrock

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ST. PAUL - Gladys M. Nichols, 93, of St. Paul died Monday, July 29, 2013, at Brookefield Park in St. Paul.

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Bohemian Cemetery in Wilber.
There will be no visitation. Mrs. Nichols was cremated. Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Nichols was born July 9, 1920, in Shickley to Sam and Alma (Wertz) Schrock.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lumir Havel and Don Nichols; and infant daughter, Joanne Havel.

Survivors of the immediate family include a son, Richard Havel of Grand Island; two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Dick Jantzi of Fairmont and Kay and Tom Hassler of Columbus; a stepson, Frank Nichols of Utica; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Gladys was one of three children in the family. She was united in marriage to Lumir J. Havel on May 27, 1941, in Kimball. To this union four children were born. Her husband, Lumir died on May 28, 1960.

Gladys worked hard at various jobs throughout her life. She cleaned houses, served as a waitress at Mumby's Cafe and the Tower Cafe in Fairmont, managed the Fairmont American Legion Club, and worked as a waitress at the Hilltop Cafe in Geneva.

On Nov. 22, 1972, Gladys was married to Donald E. Nichols in Geneva. The couple lived in St. Paul for their married life. Her husband Don died on April 6, 2013.

Gladys was a lifetime member of 61 years of the American Legion Auxiliary 21 in Fairmont. She was raised in the First Congregation Faith in Exeter.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Shane Jantzi; and sisters, Bernice Burmood and Doris Roberts.

Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.

Condolences for Gladys may be left at www.jacobsengreenway.com?u?

?/u?(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, published in the 31 July 2013 Grand Island Independent)

Gladys married Lumir J. Havel on 27 May 1941 in Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska. Lumir (son of John William Havel and Alice Korbel) was born on 13 Jan 1913; died on 28 May 1960; was buried in Wilber Czech Cemetery (Bohemian-Slavonian Cemetery), Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gladys married Donald E. Nichols on 22 Nov 1972. Donald was born on 4 Nov 1924 in St. Paul, Howard County, Nebraska; died on 6 Apr 2013 in St. Paul, Howard County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]