Nicholson, Robert Lee

Robert Lee Nicholson
Nov. 24, 1925-Oct. 19, 1987


Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 21, 1987, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Robert Lee Nicholson, 61, 911 South Third st., Niles, died at 4 a.m. Saturday at Silverbrook Manor, Niles following a brief illness.

A retired truck driver, he was a member and past officer of the former VFW Post 4025, Niles and a World war II veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Born Nov. 24, 1925 in Chicago, Ill. he moved to Niles in 1946.

He is survived by: two sons, Bobby and Kenney, both living in Illnios; and a sister, Betty James, South Bend.

Services are Thursday at 4 p.m. at Silverbrook Cemetery Mausoleum, Rev. Arnold O. Schaap, Edwardsburg officiating. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery Mausoleum.

Obituary information provided by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.