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Birth:          28 Jun 1916 Falk Store, Ada Co., Id.
Death:          21 Mar 2013 Homedale, Id.
Burial:         Marsing-Homedale Cemetery, Marsing, Owyhee Co., Id.

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B. Wade Nichols, 96, of Homedale, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 
home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, March 
26, 2013 at the Friends Community Church, Homedale. Interment will follow at the 
Marsing-Homedale Cemetery.

Wade was born at Falk Store, Idaho on June 28, 1916 to Walter Wade and Mary 
Pattison Nichols. Walter and Mary farmed at Roswell near Parma Idaho. Wade was the 
second of five children. As the oldest son it fell to Wade to become the provider for 
the family when at the age of 14 his father died from a broken neck as a result of a 
farming accident.

At the age of 23 Wade met and married the love of his life, Marie Wallace. They 
married immediately after Marie's high school graduation and remained "Joined at the 
Heart" for the next 73 years.

Wade and Marie started their married life working as general laborers on a sheep 
ranch. While working at that ranch, Wade contracted Typhoid Fever from drinking 
contaminated water and nearly died. As a result of his illness he was unable to serve 
in WWII.

Wade and Marie spent the war years at Cordero Mine near McDermitt, Nevada where 
he worked building bunk houses, mills and other infrastructure necessary to the 
operations of the nation's largest mercury mine. While living at the Cordero Mine Wade 
and Marie had two sons, Kenneth Dean, in March 1942 and Glenn Wade, in August 
1945.

In 1948 Wade and Marie moved to Homedale, where Wade supported his family by 
working as a self-employed carpenter and building contractor. Over their years in 
Homedale Wade built and remodeled hundreds of homes, farms, ranch buildings and 
businesses. He left a physical legacy of building not only in the Homedale and Wilder 
areas but on ranches in Jordan Valley, Succor Creek and Arock areas of Eastern 
Oregon.

Wade served on the City Council in Homedale and Marie worked at Morfitt Stores and 
the Idaho Department Store. They were active members of the Friends Community 
Church. They were fixtures in the community as evidenced by the huge turnout for 
their 70th Wedding Anniversary in 2009. 

Wade was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, two brothers and just about 
every member of his early peer group. 

He is survived by his wife, Marie; sons, Ken (Wanda) and Glenn (Beckie); multiple 
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and his younger sister, Nadine Raetz, of 
Oregon.

A viewing will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Monday, March 25, 2013 at Flahiff 
Funeral Chapel, Homedale. 
 
1920 in Owyhee, Malheur Co., Ore.
1930 in Adrian, Malheur Co., Ore.

Parents
NICHOLS Walter Wade (21 Apr 1883 - 19 Aug 1931)
PATTISON Mary Florence (19 Aug 1884 - 19 May 1973)

Siblings
NICHOLS Agnes Edith (8 Nov 1913 - 31 May 2008)
NICHOLS Bernard Wade (28 Jun 1916 - 21 Mar 2013)
NICHOLS Leonard D. (29 Feb 1918 - 28 Nov 1986)
NICHOLS James Lawrence (9 Feb 1919 - 12 Jan 1997)
NICHOLS Wanda Nadine ("Nadine") ()

Marriage To WALLACE Marie ()
    m. 1939 

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Children by WALLACE Marie 
NICHOLS Kenneth Dean ()
NICHOLS Glenn Wade ()

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