Roger G. Nickolay

Roger Nickolay, age 83, of Fedora, SD passed away on September 30th, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Home in Howard. A celebration of life service is pending.

Roger was born in 1941 in the small North Dakota town of Fordville, to Frank and Ella (Peterson) Nickolay. He grew on the family homestead in a house that his father built between the towns of Park River and Lankin, ND. He was the middle child, and only boy of 3 children. The family moved to Grand Forks during his final year of high school and Roger worked a couple years after graduating high school, then decided to join the Army. He was trained as a Mechanic and served almost 2 years in Korea.

In 1966, after leaving the Army, Roger started working for the US Post Office loading and unloading mail trucks. He moved on to delivering mail and met his future wife at the Air Force Base outside of Grand Forks. In 1977, Roger moved his family to Fedora, SD where he worked as the Postmaster until his retirement in 1992. Roger loved his job and working with the community of Fedora.

Roger married Agnes Hubert in 1967 in Grand Forks, ND. They had 2 children, Kim and Andrew. Agnes passed away in 1980. Later in life, Roger found a new love with Sue Biggers and they were together until her death in 2010.

Surviving Roger are his children Kim (Rod) Kuper of White and Andrew Nickolay of Carthage, his older sister Yvonne Nickolay of Howard and a younger sister. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Ella, his wife Agnes and his special friend Sue.

Although cards and flowers are appreciated, the family asks that instead of those, please take a couple minutes to call your parents, grandparents or an elderly friend. Those moments are worth more than a card or flowers can ever mean.