Parkersburg, Iowa Eclipse and New Hartford Review Consolidated 
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Wednesday, August 11, 1965

Peter Nicklaus Died of a Heart Attack

        Peter Balthazar Nicklaus was born on February 15, 1901, at
Parkersburg, the son of George and Elizabeth Tiedeken Nicklaus.  He passed away
suddenly of a heart attack on August 4, 1965, at the home in which he was
born.
        He was a graduate of Parkersburg High School, attended Loras College
at Dubuque, and was a graduate of the LaSalle Extension University of
Chicago business course.
        For a number of years Peter was employed by the Gifford Grain Company
as an auditor and manager of elevators.
        For the past 31 years he has farmed on the family farm located
northwest of Parkersburg.
        Peter was a lifelong member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and had
been a long time member of the Knights of Columbus.
        Included in his many activities was the presidency of the Monroe
township Board of Education for many years; at the time of his death he was
on the board of the Parkersburg Rural Fire Association and chairman of
the ASC township board.  For many years he was active in the Democratic
party and at the time of his death held the position of township
committeeman.  He was a member of the Farm Bureau and of the Farmers Union.
Throughout his life his musical talent had been graciously abailable on
many occasions.
        On Feb. 5, 1929, he was married to Agnes Heger in Madelia, Minn., who
passed away in 1944.  Born to this marriage were 4 surviving children,
Gerald of Diagonal, Iowa; Mrs. Roy (Georgia) Rewerts of Parkersburg;
Romaine of La Mirada, Calif; and Justin of New Hartford; also one child,
who died in infancy.
        On April 9, 1945, he was married to Lula Caswell in Madelia, Minn.
        He was preceded in death by the aforementioned wife, Agnes, and infant
and his parents and 2 sisters.
        Surviving are his wife Lula, the children named above; and two
brothers, Fred of Parkersburg, George E. of Arlington Heights, Ill; and 3
sisters, Mrs. Joe Heger of LaSalle, Minn; Mrs. Hugh Scallon of Ackley; and
Mrs. Norbert Richman of Waterloo.
        Funeral services were held August 7 at the St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Parkersburg with interment in the St. Patrick's cemetery.

Parkersburg, Iowa Eclipse and New Hartford Review Consolidated
Wednesday Aug. 11, 1965
        Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral services of Peter
B. Nicklaus were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nicklaus, Arlington Heights,
Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Eed Caswell, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heger of LaSalle,
Minnesota, Mrs. Gladys Lewis, St. Paul, Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Pawley, Madelia, Minnesota, the Conrad Tiedeken family of Hanska,
Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Nicklaus of Diagonal, Iowa and Romaine
Nicklaus of La Mirada, California.


Parkersburg, Iowa Eclipse and New Hartford Review Consolidated
Wednesday Aug. 11, 1965
        Sister Mary Lisa Nicklaus of Dubuque spent Saturday in Parkersburg to
attend the funeral of her uncle, Peter Nicklaus



Parkersburg, Iowa Eclipse and New Hartford Review Consolidated
Wednesday Aug. 11, 1965
        Romaine Nicklaus of La Mirada, Calif., who was called here by the
death of his father, returned home by plane on Tuesday.


Butler County, Iowa Death
Record No. 6, years 1960-1973

Page N-7

Nicklaus, Peter B.
died at Parkersburg on August 4, 1965
male, white, married
born February 15, 1901, age 64
farmer
born in Iowa
father:  George Nicklaus
Mother:  Elizabeth Teideken
cause of death:  coronary infarct
physician:  F.A. Rolfs, M.D., Aplington
buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Parkersburg, Iowa on August 7, 1965
undertaker:  John R. Engelkes, Parkersburg


Butler County, Iowa Record of Deaths
No. 7, years 1973-present (1998)

Page N-3

Nicklaus, Lula Mae
died Nov. 22, 1976, age 67 at Waterloo Care Center, Waterloo, Iowa
born February 14, 1909
widowed, residence 504 3rd St., Parkersburg
Father:  Charles Lemuel Caswell
Mother:  Mary Thorson
primary cause of death:  respiratory failure
due to:  metastatic carcinoma of salivary gland, due to primary
carcinoma of salivary gland
physician:  Frank L. Coyle, M.D.
buried in St. Patrick's cemetery, Parkersburg, Iowa on November 25,
1976
undertaker:  Schwartz-Engelkes Funeral Home