Laura Nickel

Services for Laura Lily Klaassen Wiebe Nickel, 99, who died Dec. 20 in Reedley, California, were Jan. 2 in Reedley.

She was born Sept. 23, 1920, to Nicholas and Alwina Klaassen in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.

She married Orlando H. Wiebe in 1942. He died in 1971.

In 1975, Laura married Arnold Nickel. He died in 2007.

She is survived by daughters Joyce Epp Boettcher, Charis Pauls, and Laura Beth Ramirez; sons Wayne Wiebe and Wendell Wiebe; stepdaughters Sharon Gomez and Sandra Estaville; 14 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.

Her sister Adeline preceded her in death.

Memorials have been established with Palm Village Living Legacy, 703 W. Herbert, Reedley, CA 93654; Immanuel Schools, 1128 S. Reed, Reedley, CA 93654; and Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, 1717 S. Chestnut, Fresno, CA 93702.