It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary Jean Waddell-Nichols of Arenzville, Illinois, who passed away at the age of 84, on August 14, 2020. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary Jean Waddell-Nichols to show support.

She was predeceased by : her parents, William Warren and Elsie M. Lowder (Williams); her former life partner James "Jimmy" F. Waddell; her husband James P. Nichols Sr.; her daughter Donna Jean Vance (Pollitt); and her siblings, William Wayne Lowder, Willard Waide Lowder, Francis LaVerne Lowder, Robert LeRoy Lowder, Lonnie Ray Lowder, Lillian J. Lowder, Lois D. Lowder, Betty M. Beasley, Bernita Bell Lowder and Hazel Marie Lowder.

She is survived by : her children, James "Jimmy" F. Waddell Jr. (Becky) of Canton, IL, Debora Bown (late Rob) of Arenzville, IL and Deanna Williams (Chris) of Monterey, IL; and her grandchildren, P. Daniel Ashwood (Linda), Jesse Ashwood, Shanna Hukill (Adam), Derek Waddell, Jeffrey Waddell, Eric Games, Jeremy Waddell, Kyle Williams and Tiffany Lippert. She is also survived by fifteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Sedgwick Funeral Homes & Crematory