Oct. 31, 1919 — Dec. 15, 2007
MONTROSE — Virginia (Bloor) Nichol died Dec. 15, 2007 in Montrose, Colo., at age 88, following a nine- year battle with dementia. Up to the last 18 months of her life, she was lovingly cared for at home by her husband, Frederick Dean Nichol, and her daughter, Susan Kay Nichol. Virginia was a small town girl who became a world traveler as she moved to Europe and Asia with her husband, a geophysicist with Exxon. She was known as a gourmet cook, an avid and sharp bridge player, and a voracious reader. She was a loving mother, and a kind, sweet woman surrounded by caring friends wherever she lived.
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She married Frederick Dean “Nick” Nichol July 21, 1946. In their early years of marriage, they lived in a trailer and moved every few months throughout the southwest due to Nick’s oil exploration career. They moved to Bordeaux, France in 1956 where they resided for eight years. After a short stay in Houston, Texas, they then lived in Palembang, Indonesia for a year and in Kingston-on-Thames, England for six years. They owned a home at Lake Lenore, Ouray, Colo. for 40 years.
Virginia is preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Harold and Ben, and her husband of 59 years. She is survived by two daughters, Susan Kay Nichol of Montrose, Colo., and Luma Patricia Nichol of Seattle, Wash.
Visit our website, sign the online register and send condolences to her family at www.sunsetmesafuneraldirectors.com.
Arrangements are being handled under the care and direction of Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors, 155 Merchant Drive, Montrose, CO 81401 (970) 240-9870.
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