Funeral services for Cecelia E. Nickum, 91, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, were conducted this afternoon at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. She died Wednesday, January 20, 1988, from complications following surgery at Lee's Summit Community Hospital.

The Rev. Herbert Merrill of the Village Church in John Knox Village at Lee's Summit. Mo. officiated at the service. Burial was at the Manning City Cemetery.
Organist was Connie Siepker. Vocalist was Larry Genzen.
Casket bearers were Jack Loft, Danny Loft, Lyle Arp, Gary Loff, Milford Wiese, and Lyle Schrum.

Survivors include two daughters, June, and her husband, Earl Spicer, of Garden Grove, Iowa, and Myna, and her husband, George Stahl, of Brownsville, Texas; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Fern Addison of Manning and Winford Addison of Corona, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a great-grandson, Kerry Loff; two sisters, Ruby Schrum and Elsie Rogers; and a son-in-law, Jack Loff.

She was born May 14, 1896, at Minden, Iowa, a daughter of Dr. William D. and Elizabeth (Foote) Addison. She graduated from Manning High School in 1915.
She married Lawrence J. "Si" Nickum on July 14, 1915. The couple resided in Manning, and since World War II maintained a winter residence in Brownsville, Texas. Since her husband's death in 1967, Mrs. Nickum continued to make her annual trip to Brownsville until she retired several years ago to John Knox Village at Lee's Summit, Missouri.

During the 1950s the couple built and managed the Woodland Park Reptile Gardens at Woodland Park, Colorado.
Mrs. Nickum was active in the Manning Garden Club and was interested in beautification of Manning City Park. She served on the Park Board and was instrumental in building the park shelter-house. In 1980 she received a national award for 65 years of beautification, and was a qualified flower show Judge.