Iowa City Press Citizen
Monday Jan 26, 1981, front page.

Services Tuesday for Nicklaus

Lone Tree -- Gerard P. Nicklaus,
superintendent of the Lone Tree
Community School district the
past four and a half years, died
Saturday at Mercy Hospital in Iowa
City after a two month illness.

   The 50-year-old Nicklaus was 
hired as superintendent in the fall
of 1976 after serving in the same
capacity in several other Iowa
communities, including Melbourne,
Diagonal, and Afton.  He also was a
teacher at Troy Mills, Shellrock
and Wellsburg.

   Nicklaus was a 28-year veteran
of education.

   Services will be Tuesday at 
10 a.m. at the school, with the Rev. 
Thomas Mohr officiating.

   Tuesday morning classes have been
canceled to allow for the funeral, 
and will resume after noon.

   He was a member of St. Mary's Church
Catholic Church and served on the parish 
council.  He was past-president of the 
Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce, a member
of the Knights of Columbus and a former
member of the Lions Club.

   He was a life member of the National
Education Association and a member of
the Iowa Association of School
Administrators.

   Visitation has begun at Sorden's 
Chapel in Lone Tree.  A rosary will
be recited at 8 p.m. today at the 
chapel.  Burial will be in St. Patrick's 
Cemetery in Parkersburg.

   Nicklaus was born July 19, 1930, 
in Parkersburg, a son of Peter B. and 
Agnes Heger Nicklaus.  He married Helen 
Morrison Aug. 17, 1955, in Sigourney.

   Survivors include his wife; three sons, 
Mark and Dennis, both of Iowa City, and 
David of London, England; three daugh-
ters, Joyce of Davenport and Donna and
Brenda both at home; two brothers, 
Justine of New Hardford and Romaine of 
Perris, Calif.; and one sister, Georgia
Rewerts of Parkersburg.

   His parents, a step-mother and two 
infant children died earlier.

[Typed in by Dennis Nicklaus. Jan. 1995]