A Life Remembered . . .
Opal Geneva Nichols "Nick" Morse

August 9, 1917 ~ December 18, 2009

 

Opal Geneva Nichols "Nick" Morse, age 92 of South Eberhart Road, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Friday, December 18, 2009 at 6:45 a.m in the Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born August 9, 1917 in Tyler County, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Samuel E. Nichols and Agnes Blanche (Tustin) Nichols.

Mrs. Morse was a member of Christ Community United Methodist Church. She attended Tyler County High School in Middlebourne, West Virginia and McMillian Hospital Nursing School in Charleston, West Virginia, where she received her degree as a Registered Nurse. Mrs. Morse worked at Charleston General Hospital and New Martinsville Hospital in West Virginia. She enjoyed gardening and fishing.

Mrs. Morse is survived by her husband Harold L. Morse of Butler, Pennsylvania, whom she married on October 6, 1944, and also by her son, Michael D. Morse and his wife Cynthia Brandt of Salt Lake City, Utah; three grandchildren, Lauren E. Morse, Samuel E. Morse, and Matthew B. Morse all of Salt Lake City, Utah; her brother Lester W. Nichols of Alma, West Virginia; her sister Juanita N. Whelan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and three nieces and three nephews.

Mrs. Morse was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday, December 20, 2009 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Services will be held at Christ Community United Methodist Church on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Howard Burrell officiating. Interment will be in Beechwood Cemetery on Tuesday, December 22, 2009.

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