William Preston Nicholson

William Nicholson Obituary

WILLIAM PRESTON NICHOLSON OCT 6, 1944 - AUG 29, 2009 Born to Thomas and Beryl A. Nicholson in Knoxville, Tennessee. Raised by his mother and step-father, Robert Schuler, in Fort Myers, Florida with 2 brothers, 1 sister, and 1 step-brother. The family moved to Merced, California and lived there two years until they moved to Modesto where Bill attended Modesto High. Bill joined the Army National Guard in 1960 and married Marie Jasmer on March 16, 1963. "Cowboy Bill" is survived by his loving wife Marie and four sons: Shannon Nicholson (Raqual) of Modesto; Mike Nicholson (Patricia), of Modesto; Brian "JB" Nicholson (Sheryl), of Haysville, Kansas and Preston Joseph Nicholson, also of Modesto, who was just inducted into the Army on August 24th, 2009 and is currently stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. He is also survived by his step-brother Robert Schuler of Monrovia, California, and 14 grandchildren. His hobbies were playing baseball, football, golf and weight lifting. He owned his own business doing yard work. In 1969 he was hired by the City of Modesto's Water Department and worked for more than 20 years until his retirement. After his retirement, he remained active by running his own Karate business along with several other jobs. His love of gardening showed through the way he kept his own yard. A member of the Modesto 7th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his memorial services will be Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 3:00 pm at the LDS Sylvan Chapel, 800 Sylvan Avenue, Modesto, CA. www.modbee.com/obituaries

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Published by Modesto Bee on Sep. 2, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for William Nicholson

8 Entries

September 8, 2009

Sam and Wanda Bartlett and Jennifer Emmons and Stacy Wright.

DENISE TERRY-WILSON

September 5, 2009

REMEMBERING BILL NICHOLSON.WHEN YOU THINK OF THAT A SMILE WILL COME ACROSS YOUR FACE.WE ALL HAVE SOME VIVID PICTURE IN OURS MIND SOME FAVORITE MOMENT AND I CAN ALWAYS PICTURE THAT CORKY LITTLE SMILE HE WOULD GET WHEN HE WOULD TEASE US.YOU SEE I KNOW FIRST HAND HOW BILL WAS BEACUSE I AM HIS NEICE AND THAT WAS MY UNCLE BILL. I REMEMBER GROWING UP US GIRLS WOULD LOVE GOING TO SEE OUR UNCLE BILL AND AUNT MARIE. EVERYTIME WE WOULD GO VISIT THERE IT SEEMED LIKE THE WHOLE NEIBORHOOD WAS AT THEIR HOUSE.I CAN REMEMBER AUNT MARIE GETTING ONTO THE BOYS AND UNCLE BILL PUSHING THEM TO MAKE THEM STRONGER AND TO BE NUBMER #1.YOU SEE THAT IS THE KIND OF MAN MY UNCLE WAS HE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIS BOYS BEING NUMBER 1 IN ANYTHING THEY WOULD DO. LOSING BILL NICHOLSON HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD FOR ME DUE TO I LIVE OUT OF STATE AND I WAS NOT FORTUNATE TO BE THERE AT HIS FINALLY RESTING BUT I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT VIVID PICTURE OF THAT CORKY LITTLE SMILE IN MY MIND. I LOVED MY UNCLE BILL VERY MUCH AND I WILL TRUELY MISS HIM.SO AUNT MARIE,SHANNON MIKE,JB,PRESTON AND ALL OF THE GRANDCHILDREN ALWAYS KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED YOU ALL AND THAT ALL OF YOU WHERE HIS WORLD.I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU ALL.YOU ARE ALL IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

September 4, 2009

Marie My prayers and thoughts are with in this time of loss may god be with you and the boys and your memories of Bill will last a life time Love to all Dorothy McCulloch (Merced Calif)

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theresa brophy

September 3, 2009

we will miss you. my heart and prays go out to the family.

Charles Kelley

September 3, 2009

We will alway remember him as "Coach Bill" There are many fond memmories of Bill and the family Marie,Shannon,J.B. Mike and Preston.I hope this letter of condolence will help you reflect on those memmories that many of families and friends share with yours and put a little ease in your hearts as we all share the greif of your lost at this difficult time in your lifes and no your not alone.If there is anything we can do let us no.Let our thoughts and prayers be with you the Kelley's

Charles Kelley

September 3, 2009

We were so sorry to hear of your loss. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help at this time.

Tandis Nicholson

September 3, 2009

Marie,

My heart goes out to you all. I hope both now and as time passes that you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends. I regret the girls were not able to be there this week ~ please know their thoughts as well as mine are with you.

September 2, 2009

Bill, my bud for over 25 years. Just a real neat guy. We have lost a very good man.
Sandy Mc (and Linda Mc)

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