Richard Nickels

Funeral services for Rich Nickels will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at Stevenson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Charles Small of Grace Bible Church officiating. Visitation will start one hour prior to the service. A second service will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at the Evergreen Staples Funeral Chapel in Vancouver, Washington, with Pastor Steve Kieler of the Independent Church of God officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery.Rich Nickels, age 58, of Gillette, Wyoming died Sunday, June 4, 2006 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital of cancer.Richard Charles Nickels was born June 10, 1947 in Portland, Oregon the son of Henry and Rosemary (Schmidt) Nickels. Mr. Nickels was raised and educated in Portland, Oregon. Upon his graduation he attended Linfield College at McMinnville, Oregon graduating at the top of his class. Rich married Shirley Lorraine Whitaker on January 23, 1972 in Junction City, Oregon. He started his career with Pacific Power and Light in 1974. In 1981 Rich and his family moved to Sheridan, Wyoming where he began work for Nerco Coal Corporation when it relocated. In 1993 Rich came to Gillette, Wyoming where he worked in accounting, most recently as a Revenue Accounting Supervisor for Rio Tinto Energy America. He was President of the Bible Sabbath Association and he also organized ?Giving and Sharing?, a non-profit organization to help people obtain religious books at cost. Rich liked to write and for thirty years produced a monthly newsletter about different health tips or concerns and different Bible scriptures and stories. He also authored several books. Rich also enjoyed computers, gardening, hiking, racquetball, tennis and traveling. Rich loved playing cards and games with friends, and classical music. Above all Rich enjoyed spending time with his wife, children, mother and sisters. Rich will be missed by his wife, Shirley of Gillette, Wyoming; 3 daughters: Barbara Nickels Parada of Houston, Texas, Rachel Lyn Nickels of Edmonds, Washington and Amanda Byrd of Eugene, Oregon; 2 sisters: Henrietta Shirk of Butte, Montana and Linda Whitesell of Everett, Washington; and 1 grandchild.He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Laura Prince.Memorials and condolences may be sent in Rich?s name in care of Stevenson Funeral Home 210 W. 5th St. Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or via the internet at www.stevensonandsons.com