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Peter Nikel

13 Jan 1857 – 9 Jan 1940

Birth	13 Jan 1857
Death	9 Jan 1940
Cemetery	Sacred Heart Cemetery Flatonia , Fayette County , Texas , USA
Added by	khol on 18 Nov 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73807053

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Funeral Of Pete Nikel Held Here Wednesday Funeral services were held from the Sacred Heart Church at 9:00 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 10th, for Mr. Pete Nikel, 83, who passed away at the family home north of town Tuesday morning. Rev. J.A. Pustka officiated at the church, and at the Sacred Heart Cemetery, where interment was made. Pallbearers were six grandsons of the deceased. Born in Europe, Mr. Nikel came to America and settled with his parents in Fayette County as a small boy. He was married to Miss Agnes Korbel, and to this union ten children were born. One daughter preceded her father in death as a small girl. He is survived by his widow; fours sons, Rudy and Adolph of Flatonia and Pete and Jim of Schulenburg; five daughters, Mrs. Carrie Vana, Mrs. Julia Fajkus, Mrs. Rosie Barta, and Mrs. Agnes Baca, all of Flatonia and Mrs. Lillie Beck of Houston; and 24 grandchildren. P.A. Nikel of LaGrange is a nephew of the deceased. Mr. Nikel was a prominent farmer of this section for many years, and has many friends with whom the Argus joins in extending its sincerest sympathy to the sorrowing survivors. The Flatonia Argus, Flatonia, Texas, Volume 65, No. 3, Edition 1, Thursday, January 11, 1940, page 1 Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave Contributor: Betty Fajkus Marek (48445083)

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Family

Parents

• Johanna Marianne Fajkus Nikel 1819–1894
• Frantisek "Frank" Nykel 1827–1911

Spouse

• Agnes Korbel Nikel 1873–1956

Siblings

• Franz "Frank" Nickel Jr 1846–1934
• John August Nikel 1850–1911

Children

• Julia Nikel Fajkus 1892–1974
• Rosie L. Nikel Barta 1896–1962
• Rudolph L. Nikel 1898–1989
• Peter Paul Nikel 1902–1990
• Wencel C. Nikel 1905–1994
• Agnes Annie Nikel Baca 1910–1977

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