Joseph Nick Elmer Nickerson

Joseph Nickerson of McQueeney Texas passed away peacefully with his wife Elizabeth at his side Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin. He was 87 years old. Friends and family are invited to Goetz Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 14th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm for a time of visitation. A Rosary service and funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Saint James’s Catholic Church 510 Camp St. in Seguin with the rosary beginning at 9:30 and mass following at 10:00. Joseph will be laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio with full military honors at 1:00 on Wednesday the 15th of July. The Rosary will be said by Deacon Robert R. Elliott and Nick’s funeral services will be officiated by Father Gregory J. Nevlud of Saint James.

Joseph “Nick” was born Wednesday, May 2, 1928 in Zephyrhills, Florida to Joseph Henry and Ada (Stevens) Nickerson. Nick grew up in Massachusetts. He entered the US Air Force in May of 1946 at the age of 18 and went through boot camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. On June 22, 1949 Nick married Evelyn C. Watkins in San Antonio. Together they raised their family as his military career took them to far away destinations. Nick retired from the Air Force in 1968 as a Master Sergeant after serving for over 21 years. While in the Air Force, Nick served as a photographer and film processor, skills he employed as he went to work for Perkin-Elmer in Connecticut, then to NASA where he developed the first pictures of the Moon and of Mars from a manned spacecraft during the Gemini missions and then to Technicolor. He worked professionally with film for over 40 years. Nick, not being a person who liked to sit around, later went to work at Gibson’s in Seguin and then at the sporting goods counter at the first Walmart in Seguin. On January 24, 1984, his loving wife Evelyn passed away after 34 years of marriage. On August 23, 1986 Nick married Elizabeth Marrou at Saint James Catholic Church in Seguin. Together they enjoyed almost 28 years together as husband and wife. Nick was a very talented photographer; he loved gardening, traveling, drawing, fishing, camping playing the harmonica, barbequing, hunting and birdwatching. When he was happy he would often be found whistling bird calls.

Joseph was preceded in death by his first wife Evelyn C. Nickerson, his brother Arthur Austin Nickerson and his sister Isabelle Wagner. He is survived by his loving wife Elizabeth Nickerson, his sons; James Nickerson and his wife Janis, and Les Nickerson, Nick’s daughters; Betsy Nickerson, Sandie Bode and her husband Kenny, Janie Taylor and her significant other Robert Huffman and Mary Brown. He also leaves behind his grandchildren; JoJo Scott, Veronica Nickerson, Sarah Huber. Alena Pierce, Kenny Taylor, James Taylor, Amanda Lofver, Brandy Hickey, Jeanene Nickerson, Kimberly Nickerson, Vanessa Nickerson, Megan Brown and Nicole Brown as well as 11 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Saint James Catholic Church 510 Camp St. Seguin TX 78155, Guadalupe Regional Hospice Services 1215 E. Court Street Seguin TX 78155 and the American Heart Association at https://donatenow.heart.org/.

You are invited to sign Nick’s online guest book at www.GoetzFuneral.com and leave a fond memory for his family. .

Funeral assistance provided by Goetz Funeral Home 713 N. Austin Street, Se0guin, TX 78155