Glena “Lee” Nichols

College Place Resident, Glena " Lee" Nichols, passed away February 15, 2012.

Lee was born May 31, 1928, in Montpelier, Idaho, to Daniel Brigham and Frances Hellena Richards. The family moved several times until settling in Nampa, Idaho where Lee attended school. Lee worked in the early years of World War II as a weld inspector at Gate City Steel. She met the love of her life and husband of almost 60 years, Gerald "Gus" Nichols in Nampa. They were married January 16, 1946 and moved to Meridian, Idaho.

She was a bookkeeper for Gus's blacksmith shop and ran a daycare from their home. They moved t...