Person Page - 3731

     Bernard Gregory Scheetz was born on 3 February 1900 in Kentland, Newton County, Indiana, USA.¹ He married Viola Beatrice Nickerson, daughter of Thomas William Nickerson and Nancy Elizabeth Pratt, on 11 November 1919 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA.¹
     Bernard Scheetz was enumerated in the census on 2 January 1920 in Bill Street, Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA, as a laborer, age 20 with Viola Scheetz in his household.²

     Elsie Elizabeth Holz was born circa 1903 in Missouri, USA.² She married Orville Albert Nickerson, son of Thomas William Nickerson and Nancy Elizabeth Pratt, circa 1923.²
     Elsie Nickerson (wife, age 26) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1930 in 907 West Washington Street, Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA, in the household of Orville A. Nickerson.² Elsie Nickerson (wife, age 36) was enumerated in the census on 22 April 1940 in 907 West Washington Street, Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA, in the household of Orville Nickerson. she was a nickle plating inspector.³

     Zolana Margurete Nickerson is the daughter of Orville Albert Nickerson and Elsie Elizabeth Holz.^1,2,3

     Orville Charles Nickerson is the son of Orville Albert Nickerson and Elsie Elizabeth Holz.^1,2,3

     Mildred Marie Scheetz was born on 10 September 1920 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Bernard Gregory Scheetz and Viola Beatrice Nickerson.^1,2 She married Robert James Gilbert on 3 July 1938 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA.² She died on 22 November 1990 in Indiana, USA, at age 70.²
     Mildred Gilbert (wife, age 19) was enumerated in the census on 19 April 1940 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA, in the household of Robert J. Gilbert.³
     Obituary: Mildred M. Gilbert, 70 died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at the home of her daughter Joan at 8;30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, 1990. Born Sept. 10, 1920, at Plymouth, she was the daughter of Bernard and Viola (Nickerson) Sheetz (Scheetz). A Resident of Plymouth most of her life, she married Robert J. Gilbert, at Plymouth, on July 3, 1938. He preceeded her in death May 7, 1981. She had worked for the Culver Military Laundry and was an aide at the Plymouth Nursing Home and the Catherine Kasper Home. She was also a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Surviving are four daughters, Roberta Isom, Plymouth, Joan Humes, Knox, Nancy Allen, Plymouth, and Donna Cox, Bremen; two sons Bernard James, Plymouth, and Kenneth D. Rocherster; 23 grandchildren; three step-gandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Josephine Sass, Englewood, Fla., and Viola Keck, Plymouth; one brother David A Scheetz, Argos. She was preeded in death by one grandson, Dustin Allen. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, 1990, at the Johnson Funeral Home, Plymouth, with Fr David Voors officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home 2-9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will follow at the Burr Oak Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made at the Heart Fund or Holy Cross Parkview Hospital.²

     Josephine Beatrice Scheetz was born on 3 May 1923 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Bernard Gregory Scheetz and Viola Beatrice Nickerson.^1,2,3 She died in 2010.²
     Josephine B. Scheetz (step-daughter, age 16) was enumerated in the census on 6 April 1940 in Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA, in the household of Ermine C. Dickson.³

     Viola Mae Scheetz was the daughter of Bernard Gregory Scheetz and Viola Beatrice Nickerson.^1,2,3

     Ermine C. Dickson was born on 17 July 1890 in Marshall County, Indiana, USA.² He married Viola Beatrice Nickerson, daughter of Thomas William Nickerson and Nancy Elizabeth Pratt.¹ He died in 1950.¹
     Ermine C. Dickson was enumerated in the census on 6 April 1940 in Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA, as a farmer, age 49 with Viola B. Dickson and Josephine B. Scheetz in his household.³