Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

NICKEL

Althouse

Bottorff

Eskridge

Smith

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – June 16, 2000

Melinda A. Nickel

July 31, 1962 - June 12, 2000

Melinda "Mindy" A. Nickel, 37, of 1111 North Michigan Street, Plymouth, Indiana, died after a brief illness at 4:52 p.m. Monday, June 12, in her residence.

She was born on July 31, 1962, in Plymouth, and was a resident of Plymouth all her life.

Mindy graduated from John Glenn High School in 1980. She attended Manchester College and Ancilla College, and received an associate's degree in 1990 from Ancilla College. Mindy was active in 4-H and Polk Township Horse and Pony Club. She had been working at the MACOG city office in South Bend and at Interventions, Inc., in Grovertown, Ind.

She is survived by her parents, Diane and Harry Eskridge of Plymouth; an aunt, Sandy Smith of South Bend; two cousins, Ashley Smith of South Bend and Colby Smith of Atlanta, Ga.; her grandfather, Dick Bottorff of Plymouth; a stepbrother, Keith Eskridge of Rochester; and her beloved friend, Keith Althouse of Plymouth.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Stan and Martha Nickel; her grandmother, Pauline Bottorff; and by a stepbrother, Michael Eskridge.

Private family services are going to be held. There will be no visitation.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Church of Christ where Mindy was a member, to the American Diabetes Association, or to the Northern Indiana Branch of the Arthritis Foundation.

The Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 West Madison Street, Plymouth, is in charge of the arrangements.