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Lillian E Ball Nichols McClain

Female 1914 - 2001  (86 years)


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  • Name Lillian E Ball Nichols McClain 
    Born 10 Sep 1914  Belleville, Republic County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Jul 2001  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I148  Rossville
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2019 

    Father Howard Ball 
    Mother Grace Jensen Ball 
    Family ID F6519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dilworth Nichols,   d. 1978 
    Married 1930 
    Children 
     1. Billy Nichols
     2. Dale Nichols
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2018 15:00:08 
    Family ID F6520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Vencille McClain,   b. 28 Feb 1914, Lenox, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1985, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1984 
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2018 15:00:24 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Sep 1914 - Belleville, Republic County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- McClain, Lillian
    Obituary- McClain, Lillian
    Lillian McClain
    Lillian E. McClain, 86, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 17,2001, at a Topeka nursing home.

    Mrs. McClain was a sewing machine operator in the garment industry for 30 years. She also served 12 years on the staff at Living Water Ranch.

    She was born Sept. 10,1914, in Belleville, the daughter of Howard and Grace Jensen Ball. She had lived in Havensville, Denver and California.

    She moved to Topeka from the Living Water Ranch near Olsburg in 1991.

    She married Dilworth Nichols in 1930. He died in 1978. She married Vencille McClain in 1984. He died in 1985.

    Survivors include two sons, Billy Nichols, Topeka, and Dale Nichols, Eureka Springs, Ark.; two sisters, Patricia Herrman, Norway, and Alice Hamilton, Westmoreland; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild.

    Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Soldier Christian Church in Soldier. Burial will be in Soldier Cemetery. Mrs. McClain will lie in state after noon Friday at the Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Living Water Ranch at Olsburg and sent in care of the funeral chapel.