Rev. Harry L. Nicholson
April 9, 1887-March 14, 1956
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, March 16, 1956, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
Services to Be Held Monday for Former Episcopal Rector
The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, 69, of Jackson, Mich., former rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Niles, died suddenly Wednesday night on a train while enroute to Holy Cross Monastery on the Hudson River, N.Y.
Mr. Nicholson, who served as rector of the parish here from 1931 to 1948, was born April 9, 1887, in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada. He retired in 1951 after serving the parish at Henrietta, Mich., from 1948 to 1951.
He entered the ministry Dec. 19, 1914, in Toronto, Canada, and came to Niles on Feb. 27, 1931. He graduated from the University of Toronto and the Wyoliffe Theological Seminary at Toronto, and served as chaplain of a Toronto battalion for two years during World War I. Prior to entering the ministry he was an engineer for the Coniagas Mines in Cobalt, Ontario.
He also served as chairman of the department of Christian education of the fifth province of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the national department of Christian education and the National Youth Commission.
Surviving are: his wife, the former Miss Thelma Church, of Niles; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, at home, and Mrs. James Cockrell, of East Lansing, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Jackson with the Right Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich, bishop of the Diocese of Michigan officiating. Graveside rites will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Silverbrook Cemetery.