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Lydia Maude Watson Nicholson
The following is a news article of Lydia's death.
Mrs. B.Y. Nicholson died Monday at home in Omaha
Funeral held this Thursday afternoon and interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Many friends at Vail and Denison were pained to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Lydia Maude Nicholson, widow of the late B.Y. Nicholson who died very suddenly last Monday at her home at 2702 Fontenelle Boulevard, Omaha, Nebr. Mrs. Nicholson had been enjoying her usual good health and her death was entirely unexpected. She was in her 70th year.
Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon at the Bartcher...
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Lydia Maude Watson Nicholson
The following is a news article of Lydia's death.
Mrs. B.Y. Nicholson died Monday at home in Omaha
Funeral held this Thursday afternoon and interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Many friends at Vail and Denison were pained to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Lydia Maude Nicholson, widow of the late B.Y. Nicholson who died very suddenly last Monday at her home at 2702 Fontenelle Boulevard, Omaha, Nebr. Mrs. Nicholson had been enjoying her usual good health and her death was entirely unexpected. She was in her 70th year.
Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon at the Bartcher Funeral Home in Denison. Rev. L.M. Graeby of the Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was made in Oakland cemetery. Members of Sylvan Chapter A.F. and A. M acted as pallbearers. Many old time friends and acquaintances attended the services.
Lydia Maude Watson was born at Yorkshire, England, January 24, 1966, coming to the United States with her parents William and Mary Scott Watson, while still a child. The family settled at Vail, where the father engaged in the grain business.
Mrs. Nicholson was educated in the public schools of West Side and Vail graduating to become a teacher in the rural schools of the county, until her marriage to B.Y. Nicholson, which took place at Denison, May 10, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson continued to live at Vail for two years when Mr. Nicholson came to Denison and purchased a produce business. The couple lived here until Mr. Nicholson's death 18 years ago; since that time Mrs. Nicholson has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. John Menagh in Omaha.
Mrs. Nicholson was the mother of six children, two of whom, Merrill and Russell, died in infancy. Those surviving are Clair W. of Vail, Pearl, Mrs. John Menagh, of Omaha, Gladys of Los Angeles, Calif and Bennie of Lincoln, Nebraska. There are also eight grandchildren, Elizabeth and John Menagh, Jr., Clare Marie, Jack, Grace Joan, Elizabeth, Bennie and Clair Nicholson, Jr., and two brothers and two sisters, Charles Watson of Pacetello, Idaho, James Watson of Omaha, Mrs. Sarah Jorday of Savannah, Mo., and Mrs. Alice Buffington of Denison. Mrs. Nicholson was a lady of refinement; active in social circles when living in Denison, where the family resided for so many years. They maintained a substantial home at Sweet and Vines streets, which Mr. Nicholson built while still engaged in business. They also maintained a pleasant cottage at Denison Beach, Black Hawk Lake, where they spent a greater share of the heated season, and where Mrs. Nicholson took delight in entertaining her friends.
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