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NICHOLS Verna Viola
Birth:          8 Oct 1921 Nampa, Canyon Co., Id.
Death:          16 Jul 2007 Richmond, Wash.
Burial:         Heppner Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Ore.

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1930 in Lone Star, Canyon Co., Id.
Brinda Fam Tree on ancestry

Verna V. Brinda 


Oct. 8, 1921-July 16, 2007 

 HEPPNER - A graveside service for Verna V. Brinda will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at 
the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Brinda died Monday, July 16, 2007, at Kadlec 
Medical Center in Richland, Wash. She was 85. 

 She was born Oct. 8, 1921, in Nampa, Idaho, to Hugh and Agnes Waite Nichols. She 
was raised and attended school in Idaho. 

 On Dec. 31, 1938, she married William J. Brinda in Payette, Idaho. They moved to 
Heppner in 1955. 

 Mrs. Brinda was employed at Heppner Grade School and St. Anthony Hospital in 
Pendleton before working and retiring from Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. She 
worked at the Heppner Neighborhood Center and was the first cook for the Meals on 
Wheels program. 

 Mrs. Brinda was a member of the Rhea Creek and Lexington Granges. She was also 
active in the Heppner Garden Club, Morrow County Art Society, the Degree of Honor, 
Morrow County Historical Society and the Alpha Theta Sorority. She was an avid 
bowler and a member of the Willow Creek Country Club. 

 She is survived by daughter Judy and husband Robert Stevens of Heppner; sons Bill 
Brinda of Pendleton and Larry Brinda of Caldwell, Idaho; five grandchildren; eight 
great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 
her husband; parents; sisters Agnes and Mildred; and brothers Frank and Eldred. 

 Memorial contributions may be made to the Heppner Neighborhood Center, P.O. Box 
895, Heppner, OR, 97836, or to Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 400 Frank 
Gilliam Drive, Heppner, OR, 97836. 

 Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. 
East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR) - Thursday, July 19, 2007 

Parents
NICHOLS Hugh W. (27 Dec 1885 - 5 Oct 1931)
WAITE Mae Agnes (21 Aug 1895 - )

Siblings
NICHOLS Frank Hugh (8 Jul 1912 - 15 Oct 1981)
NICHOLS Agnes Ellen (2 Feb 1914 - 19 Jun 1927)
NICHOLS Mildred Marcella (3 Aug 1917 - 18 Nov 2005)
NICHOLS Eldred William (19 Jun 1919 - 28 Nov 1943)
NICHOLS Verna Viola (8 Oct 1921 - 16 Jul 2007)

Marriage To BRINDA William Joseph (9 Jan 1908 - 1 Aug 1978) m. 31 Dec 1938 Payette Co., Id. Notes Children by BRINDA William Joseph 9 Jan 1908 - 1 Aug 1978
BRINDA Eldred William (11 Jul 1939 - 20 Oct 2008) BRINDA Judy A. () BRINDA Larry Lee ()
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