Edwin Owen Nick

Edwin Owen Nick, passed away peacefully in his Mesa home on February 8, 2021. He was one of 19 children to Tom and Stella Nick. Edwin was born on his family’s farm, west of Mobridge South Dakota. He served in the United States Army as a Sergeant where he was awarded numerous honors fighting active battle in the Korean War.

On Feb 19, 1956 he married the love of his life Dionne. In Mobridge, South Dakota in a small church, attended by most of their large families. They then lived in Mobridge, South Dakota where he worked as a private pilot, also in 1968 where they had their daughter, Tia.

Edwin was an avid lover of planes and spent a lot of time flying. He loved horses, farming and tractors. He ran multiple successful Auction businesses with his wife in Montana.

Though a tragic auto accident confined him to a wheelchair for the last 29 years of his life, which led them to move from Montana to Mesa, where he found joy in going out to eat, making new friends, his neighbors and enjoying the sun spending time with his wife. Towards the end of his time with us, his favorite time was sitting in the sun, in the big picture window of their home watching the plane go by overhead and waving at the neighbors (while wearing his MAGA hat).

Honoring his life, the service will be held February 13, 2021 at 2pm at Mariposa Garden Funeral Care located at 6747 E Broadway Rd Mesa, AZ. Edwin's final resting place will be at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.