Obituary - George Nibler

Uniontown native, former mayer George Nibler succumbs at 75

MOSCOW -- George Nibler, 75, a life-long resident and former mayor of Uniontown, died Thursday at 8:45 p.m. at a Moscow nursing home where he had been a patient for two weeks.

Nibler was an equipment operator for the Whitman County Road Department until retiring in 1965. He served on the city council and then as mayor, and he was a member of the Uniontown Council of Knights of Columbus, the volunteer fire department and the Community Club.

He was born May 26, 1900, at Leon, near Uniontown to Theodore and Elizabeth Nibler. He attended Uniontown schools and was married to Nell Hattrup Oct. 16, 1923. She died Sept. 2, 1966.

Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Decker of Uniontown; two brothers, Gene of Spokane and Walter of Uniontown; four sisters, Adair Helwig of San Mateo, Calif.; Eden Landerman of Portland; Violet Jacobs of Clarkston and Loretta Rowland of Plaza, Wash., and five grandchildren.

Rosary will be recited Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church here. Requiem mass will be celebrated Monday at 11 a.m. at the same church with the Rev. C.A. Verdoorn as celebrant. Burial will be at Uniontown Catholic Cemetery with Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman in charge.

Unknown newspaper, (handwritten date September 25, 1975)
Transcribed by Jill Leonard Nock

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