Emily Conrad Nichols' Obituary
CHARLESTON, IL - Emily Conrad Nichols, age 90 of Charleston, died on Friday, December 19, 2014 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. A Graveside Funeral and Committal Service will be held for family and friends at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Roselawn Cemetery in Charleston with Reverend Dr. Bob Swickard officiating. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held later this winter with details to be announced. Her family requests that in lieu of flowers, thoughtful donations in her honor be made to the E.I.U. Foundation - Lawrence and Emily Nichols Scholarship. Donations may be mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. Emily Nichols was born May 2, 1924 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Lawrence Richard Nichols, who was a professor of history for 32 years at Eastern Illinois University. She is survived by her daughters, Cynthia Nichols of Charleston and Laura Nichols Hooser and husband Stephen Blair Hooser of West Lafayette, Indiana; and two grandchildren, Blair Nichols Hooser and Conrad Richard Nichols Hooser.
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