Elizabeth Nicholson

IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH “BETTY” NICHOLSON

BORN
February 17, 1911
Atkinson, Illinois
PASSED AWAY
May 5, 2006
Primghar, Iowa

MEMORIAL SERVICE
1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 13, 2006
Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home
Primghar, Iowa
Officiating: Donna Dawson
Eulogist: Judy Phipps

MUSIC
“What a Wonderful World”
Sung by: Rodd Holtkamp

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“It Is Well With My Soul”

Organist: Evea Weseman

After today’s service relatives and friends are invited to join the family at the Primghar Country Club.

Arrangements under the care of
Gaudian~Eldridge Funeral Home

ELIZABETH “BETTY” NICHOLSON

Elizabeth “Betty” Nicholson, the daughter of William D. and Jennie (Vail) Colby was born on February 17, 1911 in Atkinson, Illinois. She graduated from Geneseo Township High School and attended Rockford College for two years. She received her B.S. degree from Iowa State University in 1934. She moved to Primghar and four six years, she served as the Home Economist for the Iowa State Extension Service in O’Brien County. In September of 1941, she married Robert S. Nicholson at the Colby Farm near Atkinson, Illinois. After their marriage the couple made their home in Primghar. Her husband preceded her in death on January 2, 1982 in Primghar. Betty remained in the family home and remained active in the Primghar Community. She entered the Primghar Care Center in December of 2005. She passed away at the care center on Friday, May 5, 2006, reaching the age of 95 years, 2 months and 18 days.
She was a member of the United Church of Primghar, the Primghar Women’s Club and the Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
Betty is survived by a son, William Nicholson of Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter, Dr. Jane Nicholson and her partner, Kathryn Masaryk of Primghar, Iowa; two grandchildren, Barbara and her husband, Dr. Michael McClenden of Pasadena, California; Robert and his wife, Susan Dorr of Rio Rancho, New Mexico; three great-grandchildren, Sara Elizabeth and Lydia Dorr; and Ian Colby McClenden; also other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and two brothers, Alfred and William Colby.

Memorials may be directed to the United Church of Primghar.


“High Flight”, written by
John G. Magee on September 3, 1941.




Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of –wheeled
And soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air….
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor never eagle flew-
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.