Francis Wallace Nims1

M, #34300, b. Sep 6, 1920, d. Feb 27, 1996
Pedigree
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Father*Philip Ebenezer Nims2 b. Dec 8, 1896, d. Jun 28, 1983
Mother*Olive Margary Truscott2 b. circa 1899

Family 1

Marsha Janette Hardy b. Apr 16, 1920, d. Jun 14, 1988

Family 2

Lucille Marjorie Baird b. Sep 27, 1922, d. Dec 24, 2009

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 6, 1920 Francis Wallace Nims was born on Sep 6, 1920 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.2 
 He was the son of Philip Ebenezer Nims and Olive Margary Truscott.2 
Marriage*May 29, 1942 Francis Wallace Nims married Marsha Janette Hardy on May 29, 1942 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.2,3 
Marriage*between 1960 and 1996 Francis Wallace Nims married Lucille Marjorie Baird, daughter of Frank H. Baird and Eva May Thomas, between 1960 and 1996.1 
Death*Feb 27, 1996 Francis Wallace Nims died on Feb 27, 1996, at age 75 at Saint Vincent Hospital, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
ObituaryFeb 29, 1996  OBITUARY: LEICESTER - Francis W. "Fran" Nims, 75, of 10 Dale St., died Tuesday in St. Vincent Hospital after a brief illness.

He leaves his second wife, Lucille M. (Baird) Nims; a son, Wade Nims of Worcester; a daughter, Barbara J. Nims-Lawrence of Plymouth; a stepson, Richard Delauri of Charlton; 2 stepdaughters, Patricia Dufresne of Whitinsville, and Susan Hoby of Worcester; ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. He was born in Worcester, son of Phillip and Olive Nims and lived in Rochdale for the past 31 years. His first wife, Marsha E. (Hardy) Nims, died in 1988. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1938 and from the Wentworth Institute in Boston.

Mr. Nims was the supervisor of maintenance at Fairlawn Hospital for more than 20 years before he retired. Previously, he worked at Shepard Envelope Co. in Worcester for 17 years.

Mr. Nims was a Navy veteran of World War II serving in the South Pacific.

He was a member of the Pakachoag Community Church in Auburn and the Hadwen Park Congregational Church in Worcester. He was a life member of the V.F.W. in Oxford; and a former member of the Auburn Grange.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Britton-Wallace Funeral Home, 91 Central St. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Auburn. Calling hours will be from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division, 7 Oak St., Worcester 01609.

Published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - Thursday, February 29, 1996.4
 
Burial*Mar 1, 1996 He was buried on Mar 1, 1996 at Hillside Cemetery, Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 65617380.5 

Military *

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2.

 

Citations

  1. [S778] Personal Knowledge - Young, Diane, online at e-mail address.
  2. [S740] Personal Knowledge - McKown, Malcolm K., online at e-mail address.
  3. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  4. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  5. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.