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Birth:          22 May 1945 Cuero, De Witt Co., Tex.
Death:          8 Apr 2014 Anchorage, Alaska

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 Valdez resident Daniel "Loyd" Nichols, 68, died April 8, 2014 in Anchorage. Services 
will be held April 19th at 1 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints in 
Valdez. Loyd was born May 22, 1945 in Cuero, Texas. He moved to Fairbanks with his 
parents in the 1950s and started work in 1959 as a plumber's apprentice. He worked 
construction and maintenance jobs for the university, state and federal government, 
military, oil, and fishing industries throughout his career as a welder, fabricator, and 
pipefitter. Between pipefitting jobs Loyd fished commercially in Prince William Sound 
seining, gill netting, and long lining for halibut. 

 Mr. Nichols served in the Alaska National Guard, was a member of the Plumbers and 
Pipefitters Union, and also was a certified EMT. 

 He was preceded in death by his wife, Dixie in 2003. He is survived by his sister, 
Judy Mainord of Price, Utah; sister, Rose Lee Wentz of Wasilla; son and daughter-in-
law, Davis and Mary Kay Nichols of Valdez; daughter and son-in law, Shannon and 
Mike Day of Valdez; son, Daniel Nichols, grandchildren, Katherine Connell, Skyler 
Day, Daniel Carr, Collin Day, Jordan Day, Ryan Day, Avis Nichols; and great-
grandchildren, Liam and Sophie Connell. 

 Loyd was a true Alaskan who loved hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. He is one of 
the few that can say he held the material his hands and struck a welding arc during 
the construction and development of vast parts of Alaska's infrastructure that we all 
enjoy today. 

 Visit the online memorial at legacy.com 
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Friday, April 18, 2014 

Parents
NICHOLS Daniel Boyd (23 Mar 1922 - 3 May 1970)
VENARUCCI Rosalie ("Rose") (28 May 1925 - 13 Dec 1973)

Siblings
NICHOLS Daniel Loyd (22 May 1945 - 8 Apr 2014)
NICHOLS Judy Carrol ()
NICHOLS Rose Lee ()

Marriage To RUTLEDGE Dixie Lee (11 May 1945 - 15 Oct 2003)
    m.  

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Parents
RUTLEDGE Richard Davis ()
REECE Jessie Leora ()

Children by RUTLEDGE Dixie Lee 11 May 1945 - 15 Oct 2003
NICHOLS Davis B. ()
NICHOLS Shannon Jo ()
NICHOLS Daniel L. ()

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