Thomas Allen Nichols, Sr.

Thomas Allen Nichols, Sr., Springfield, was born May 26, 1946 in Cobalt, Connecticut to Sydney Nichols and Bertha (Fosa) Wolfe. He departed this life on March 4, 2022 in Glendale Gardens, Springfield, at the age of 75.

Tom had worked in the kitchen at Freida’s Uptown Café.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Wendy Girard; stepfather, Robert E. Wolfe; grandson, Joseph Morrell; and brother, Sydney “Skip” Nichols.

Tom is survived by his daughter, Penny Fugate and her husband Mark, Springfield; his son, Thomas Nichols, Jr. (T.J.) and wife Starla, Colcord, OK; eight grandchildren, Colby Morrell, Trevor Nichols, Brook Morrell, Micah Girard, Faith Girard, Natasha Nichols, Maya Nichols, and Breanne Fugate; six great-grandchildren, Addison Epperson, Allia Epperson, Kade Nichols, Decca Brown, Breckon Miller, and Gerald Nichols; one brother, Raymond Nichols, East Hampton, CT; two sisters, Betty McKinney, East Hampton, CT, and Lynn Nichols, East Hampton, CT; and special friends, Edie and George Dunbar, Marshfield.

Funeral services will be at 6:00 p.m., Friday, March 11, 2022 at Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., with visitation before services from 5-6 p.m.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the family and left in care of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., P.O. Box 85, Marshfield, MO 65706.