Arietta May NICHOLS

1916 - 2009  (93 years)

• Name	Arietta May NICHOLS
  Born	24 Feb 1916	Oil City, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  _UID	6F5E43FC267F463F92B18707B5A8E7CD1833
  Died	28 Jun 2009	Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
  Buried	Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Donnelsville, Clark Co., Ohio
  Person ID	I136807	Branch 002 Thomas Stafford 1605 Eng
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2015

  
  

  Family 1	Rev. H. R. SHOCK,   d. 1976
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F44693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rev. Dawsey Calvin STAFFORD,   b. 20 Nov 1916, Bernie, Stoddard Co., Missouri ,   d. 2 Aug 2007, Anderson, McDonald Co., Missouri  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1990
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F44694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Arietta May Shock Stafford, 93, Anderson, died June 28, 2009, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 24, 1916, in Oil City, Pa., one of eight children born to Sara L. (Tarr) and Charles H. Nichols. She entered the ministry of the Church of God in 1937 and was ordained by the Church of God in Indiana in 1948. She and her first husband, H.R. Shock, served many years as pastors in Ohio and Indiana. In 1990 she married D.C. Stafford and they served several Church of God congregations, the most recent being South Meridian Church of God in Anderson as Visitation Pastors. Survivors include three children, Darlene (husband, Lowell) Wardlow, Darrell (wife, Ann) Shock and Drew (wife, Jackie) Shock; two stepchildren, Larry Stafford and Rod (Donna) Stafford; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Nichols and John Nichols; a sister, Ruth Gilara; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Rev. H.R. Shock in 1976; and her second husband, Rev. D.C. Stafford in 2007; and a stepson, Dr. Gil Stafford; and two brothers and two sisters.