Richard L. Nichols

Richard Nichols Obituary

RICHARD L. NICHOLS, 81, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at his residence. Born March 12, 1926, in Fort Wayne, he served in the U.S. Army til 1944, and later the owner of Tiny Tim's Restaurant from 1952 to 1963. He was also Produce Manager at Rogers Markets for 20 years. He was a Tenor Soloist in the Trinity English Lutheran Church Choir, The Scottish Rite Choir and Indiana Tech Choir. He was a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. Surviving are his wife, Rosemary L. (Liechty) Nichols of Fort Wayne; sons, Richard L. Nichols II of Austin, Texas and Charles L. (Diana) Nichols of Terre Haute; grandchildren, Kristen Nichols, Matthew Nichols, Matthew McAdow of Terre Haute and Melissa (Josh) Peters of Indianapolis; great-grandson, Luke Peters of Indianapolis; brother, Dan F. (Diane) Nichols of Fort Wayne; and sisters, P. Jeanne (Don) Runkle of Angola and Marilyn K. Leakey of Fort Wayne. Memorial service is 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., with visitation following the service. The Rev. Fred Hasecke officiating. Preferred memorials to Trinity English Lutheran Church, Parkview Home Health & Hospice or American Diabetes Association.

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Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers from Jun. 3 to Jun. 4, 2007.

Memories and Condolences
for Richard Nichols

9 Entries

Elsie Whikehart

June 4, 2007

We have so many great memories of Dick, usually funny or outrageous. I knew Dick from St. John's choir from the time I was about 15. Later, the diner became a daily stop for both of us. He and Rosemary became good friends and, in 1953, Dick sang at our wedding. We loved him and will miss him greatly. Our prayers are with you, Rosemary, and your family.
Love, Elsie & John

June 4, 2007

Rosemary, Dan and Diane,
I smile when I think about the sweet, ornery man who would call and identify himself only as "Grandpa Dick." He was a special person and we loved him dearly. His hugs and smile will be missed.

You will be in our prayers.

Tracy & Kevin Whiteleather

Tom Jaxtheimer

June 4, 2007

God Bless Dick. What a great guy and neighbor. Let's celebrate his life here and his life everlasting
with our Father in Heaven. Also many blessings to Rosemary for her loss of a wonderful man. I'm sure Gods love will show Himself in many ways to her and the family.

The Jaxtheimer's
Jenny,Tom,Kelsey and Taylor

Randi Lincoln

June 4, 2007

Rosemary...May you know the comfort of the prayers being lifted for you, our sister in Christ, as you are loved. May HE hold you so closely that you can hear HIS heart beating as you go through this time...Randi Lincoln and the Rainbow Unit

Mark Thompson

June 4, 2007

I worked at Rogers along with my brothers Denny and Tony who worked for Dick in Produce in the early 1980s. I’d like to think that everything we learned about the value of an honest day’s work we learned there. Dick was always upbeat and could always make me laugh.

Joey Snyder

June 3, 2007

I will miss Uncle Dick because he was a good man. He showed me his 78 rpm record collection 9 years ago and got me interested in records too. He told me memories when he was kid when I took a trolley ride in Fort Wayne in 1999 on my grandmothers 75th birthday. It is like on the movie Charlotte's Web. We are born, we live, and we are old we die. I really love him a lot.

Keith Schreffler

June 3, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and with the family. I had the privelege of working with Dick for many years at Rogers Markets.
Dick was the produce manager while I was one of the store managers. I knew Dick as a faithful employee, a hard worker, and as a loving and kind, gentleman. I left Rogers in 1978, eventually entered into the ministry and later lost track of Dick. My father, known by his professional radio name as Bob Carlin, worked for WOWO Radio as their morning news anchorman and also spoke of the many occassions when he and Dick shared some very special times at Tiny Tims. To Richard I say "Thanks for the memories." To the family I say, hold tight to the memories of those special occassions you shared with him and allow God to bring you the peace of His presence.
Pastor Keith R. Schreffler Logansport Indiana

Keith Schreffler

June 3, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. I had the privelege of working with Dick at Rogers for many years, he was in produce, I was in store management. I left Rogers in 1979 and later went into the ministry. I knew Dick as a hard worker, fun loving, kind gentleman. My father,Bob Carlin, WOWO Radio news anchorman and frequent customer of Tiny Tim's, knew Dick as well and often spoke of the kindly gentleman who owned it and the wonderful conversations they shared.
May God grant you strength in the coming days and a never ending list of memories of the good times you shared.
Pastor Keith R. Schreffler

Phyllis Kirtley

June 3, 2007

Sorry that I can't be there for Uncle Dick's funeral. He was a precious man. There will always be a hole in our family because of his loss.

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