Mildred "Doloris" Nikodim

Mildred "Doloris" Nikodim obituary, El Dorado Springs, MO

Mildred "Doloris" Nikodim

Mildred Nikodim Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home - El Dorado Springs on Mar. 23, 2023.

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Mildred "Doloris" Nikodim
Visitation:
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 1-2 P.M.
Visitation Location:
Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home
Service:
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Service Location:
Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home
Interment:
Virgil City Cemetery
Memorials/Donations
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Virgil City Cemetery.
Obituary
Mildred Doloris (Esry) Nikodim, age 92, of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023. She was born July 6, 1930, the first born of seven children to Harry and Leona (Sumner) Esry. She loved the Lord and was saved and baptized at an early age. She attended country schools and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1947. Robert and Doloris married in the spring of 1947, to this union a son, Robert Wayne, and a daughter, Lois Ann, were born.
They lived in the Virgil City community. Doloris helped Robert on the farm; she also worked at the shoe factory for a short time and at the El Dorado Springs Hospital for five years. Later she worked at the El Dorado Springs Livestock Auction.
Robert passed away in 1986. After his death, she continued to live in the El Dorado Springs area. She loved lots of flowers and keeping her yard groomed. She also enjoyed crafting and needlework.
Doloris was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Leona (Sumner) Esry; husband, Robert; daughter, Lois Ann Gregory; and sister, Elnora Seim; and bother Johnny Esry.
Survivors include her son Wayne and wife, Mary (Sorensen), of New Baltimore MI; granddaughters Sue (Jeff) Malbouef, Patty (Rob) Randa, both of MI, and their children/grandchildren; grandsons Troy (Lisa) Gregory and Andy (Fran) Gregory, both of OH and their children; four sisters: Laura (Junior) Hammons of Lamar, MO, Roberta Walker of El Dorado Springs, MO, Barbara Wallen of Stockton, MO, and Anna Ruth (Ed) Field of Muskogee, OK; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

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