THE FORT WAYNE NEWS-SENTINEL
Monday, July 17, 2000
Section: FIRST SECTION
Edition: FINAL
Page: 13A
Memo: Tributes

Correction: CORRECTION, PUBLISHED JULY 18, 2000, FOLLOWS:

GETTING IT STRAIGHT

Added calling for Bonita M. Nicklaus is from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday
St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1910 Hale Ave.

                   BONITA M. ``BONNIE'' NICKLAUS
                      FORT WAYNE - 1951-2000

Bonita M. ``Bonnie'' Nicklaus, 48, of Fort Wayne, a member of St.
Joseph Catholic Church, died Saturday, July 15, 2000, at Parkview
Hospital, Fort Wayne.

The Olean, N.Y., native graduated with a bachelor's degree from
Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne and from Indiana University
with a master's degree in library science. She worked for the Allen
County Public Library system for the past 16 years and was a branch
manager for the Monroeville library. She was an officer in District
3 of the Indiana Library Federation.
She was also a lector and Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph Catholic
Church, active in the St. Vincent DePaul Society, the Right of
Christian Initiation and Christ Renews His Parish.

Surviving are her husband, Robert E.; a daughter, Megan of Nashville,
Tenn.; a son, Patrick of Fort Wayne; her mother, Clare Grotz of West
Chester, Pa.; sisters Melissa Grotz of West Chester, Pa., and Mary Beth
Canan of Annapolis, Md.; and brothers William Grotz of Orland Park,
Ill., Robert Grotz of Broomall, Pa., and Christopher Grotz of Chino
Hills, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her father, William H. Grotz.

Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1910 Hale
Ave. Calling will be held from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at D.O.
McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Ave., where a
rosary and Vincentian service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be
at Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne.

Memorials are to the Allen County Right to Life Covenant Society, St.
Vincent DePaul or to Masses at the church.

Information provided by D.O. McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home,
6301 Fairfield Ave., 426-9494.


Published on 07/15/2000, THE FORT WAYNE NEWS-SENTINEL 

WOMAN INJURED IN TWO-CAR ACCIDENT 

A Fort Wayne woman suffered head injuries in a two-car crash at the intersection of Minnich and
Monroeville roads at 8:53 a.m. Friday.

Bonita M. Nicklaus, 48, is in critical condition at Parkview Hospital, the Allen County Sheriff's
Department said. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Alan Clark Jr. of Harlan received minor chest injuries.
...

Published on 08/12/2000, FORT WAYNE - THE JOURNAL GAZETTE 

LIBRARIAN'S LIFE TO BE CELEBRATED ON SUNDAY 

Monroeville residents will celebrate the life of an Allen County Public librarian who died in a car
accident in July.

At 7 p.m. Sunday at Monroeville United Methodist Church, 204 West South Street, the public is
invited to remember Bonita M. "Bonnie" Nicklaus' life.
...

Published on 08/11/2000, THE FORT WAYNE NEWS-SENTINEL 

MEMORIAL TO LIBRARIAN TAKES VOLUME OF WORDS 

In a memorial service far more public than most, people who miss Bonnie Nicklaus, Monroeville's
head librarian for a decade, will remember her in a community program Sunday.

``She was a public figure,'' said Pastor Sandy Knepple. ``She was the librarian for the whole town. I
was concerned about the children (who miss her).''