Murray Loe Nichols

MURRAY LEO NICHOLS 03/21/1922a€"02/11/2011

Our beloved dad, grandpa, and brother Murray Leo Nichols, age 88, died on February 11, 2011, surrounded by his loved ones.

Born Murray Leo Loudenback to Arol Wayne Loudenback and Besse Luella Bolton on March 21, 1922, in Wisconsin. His surname was later changed to Nichols after his step-father Clyde R. Nichols.

He grew up dairy farming and developed a strong work ethic that lasted throughout his life. He joined the LDS church in 1945 and after serving 18 months in the U. S. Army, he served a 3 year LDS mission in Japan. Murray married his sweetheart Ann Marie Griffin in the Logan Temple on July 17, 1952. He holds a BS degree from Utah State Agricultural College (now USU) and a graduate degree from BYU.

Murray worked at Hill Air Force Base and taught high school in Davis County. Dad''s hobby was any project he could do in his yard and gully. On the 2+ acres he owned he built two homes and a duplex next to his original home. He had a great love for missionary work; he and Marie served a one year mission in Oklahoma, and he also served several part-time missions in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He spent a large part of his later years doing genealogy.

Survived by his wife Marie, and eight children: Bruce (Janine), Jane (Dick) Anderson, Marianne (Cal) Springer, Ken (Julie), Wayne (Denise), Natalie Nicolls, Patricia (Joseph) Swenson, Bonnie (Thomas) LeFevre, plus 33 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Murray is also survived by his brothers, Clyde R. (Laris) Nichols, Jr., and Kermit (Lois) Nichols and his sister Elizabeth Nichols.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Kaysville 12th Ward Chapel, 1039 East Crestwood Road, Kaysville. Friends may visit family on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist''s Kaysville Mortuary, 400 North Main and Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery.