Edith M. Nuckolls
1919 – 2016
Watson, Missouri

Edith May (Honeycutt) Nuckolls was born December 19, 1919 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Harry M. and Zader May (Keith) Honeycutt. Her mother, Zader May, died at the age of 72 on May 15, 1972 at the Hand Community Hospital in Shenandoah, Iowa. Edith passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the age of 96 in her home in Watson, Missouri.

At the age of three Edith moved with her mother to Westboro, Missouri where her mother worked as a housekeeper for Charles A. “Sandy” Brown. Edith’s mother and Sandy later married. Edith grew up on the farm owned by Mr. Brown and attended school in Westboro and graduated high school in 1938. Edith was class Valedictorian and was awarded a scholarship to Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville, Missouri. After graduating in 1941 with a two year teaching degree Edith taught at the Shiloh Country School in Polk Township and the Emporia Country School northeast of Westboro.

In 1943 Edith moved to Kansas City, Missouri to attend a radio operator school. She received a Radio Operator’s permit from the FCC in November of 1943. A radio operator, at that time, was the equivalent of our present day air traffic controller.

In December of 1943 she was hired as a radio operator by TWA in Winslow, Arizona. Edith later held radio operator positions in Burbank and Fresno, California before returning to Winslow.

It was while she was in Winslow that Edith met and married Kenneth Earl Myers on January 14, 1949. To this union was born four children; Sandra May, Monte Lewis, Clay Edward, and Judith Elaine. In 1959 the family moved to Essex, Iowa. In 1962 Edith and Kenneth divorced and Edith returned to Westboro and the farm where she grew up.

In 1972 Edith married Dale Woodrow Nuckolls. Edith and Dale lived on the farm until, due to health issues, she moved in to the Tarkio Rehabilitation Center and then into private care.

Besides her parents, Edith was preceded in death by her husband Dale W. Nuckolls.

Survivors include children Sandra M. Peters, Mill Spring, North Carolina, Monte L. Myers and Clay E. Myers both of Westboro, Missouri and Judith E. Myers of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Stepchildren Dale Lynne Ogden of Summerfield, North Carolina, Danny Nuckolls of Westboro, Missouri, Diane Nuckolls of Summerfield, North Carolina, Denise Davis of Oregon, Wisconsin. Grandchildren Brady Clay Myers of Richland, Washington and Erika May Peters of Leesburg, Virginia.

Also, Edith’s “Special Friend” and caregiver Marsha Meinders of Watson, Missouri. The family would like to express their overwhelming appreciation and gratitude to Marsha Meinders for the extraordinary care given to Edith in her later years and declining health.

Graveside Memorial Service and Inurnment: 3:00 P.M., Sunday, August 14, 2016, Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Iowa.
Following the service, the family will receive friends at the Blanchard Community Center.
Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association.
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com
Services: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio, Missouri