Wendell Earl Nicklin

Wendell Earl Nicklin, 86, formerly of rural Floris, died at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hospice of Wapello-Davis Counties in Ottumwa.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Selma United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ann Donat officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Ottumwa.

Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the family present from 5-7 p.m.

Memorials to Selma United Methodist Church may be left at the funeral home or church or may be mailed to the family at 32143 155th St., Floris 52560.

Mr. Nicklin was born July 8, 1925, in Davis County, southwest of Selma, the son of Carroll E. and Reva Stagers Nicklin. He married Dorothy M. Talley Oct. 3, 1948, at her parents? home near Floris.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Michael Nicklin and wife Rebecca of Bozeman, Mont., William Nicklin and wife Linda of rural Floris and Daniel Nicklin of Des Moines; one daughter, Marcia Nicklin and husband David Stern of Italy; and six grandchildren.

To see the full obituary, read the Jan. 16, 2012, print edition of The Fairfield Ledger.