Old Knightstown

After graduating high school in 1957, I went to Ball State, but only stayed two quarters. I was miserable and after the second quarter, my Dad finally let me quit. I got a job in Indianapolis and loved it. Then in September 1958, I married Bob Nicholas and we moved to Angola, Indiana while he finished college at Tri State. By then we had one little boy and another on the way and we moved to Terre Haute and also lived in Dayton, OH for awhile. We eventually went back to Indianapolis and lived there until 1967 when Bob got transferred to Davenport, Iowa. By then we had two more children, a girl and a boy. We lived in Davenport until 1981.I was divorced in 1975, but stayed in Davenport because we really liked it there.

Eventually I had an opportunity to move back to Knightstown. By this time my two oldest boys were out of high school, and then the two younger ones graduated from Knightstown. During that time I worked for Tom Mayhill for about a year and then went to work as the Executive Secretary for Central Indiana Youth for Christ. That lasted 7 years and I started working at Fort Ben for 8 attorneys and stayed there until I retired in 2000.

I’ll tell you retirement is a real joy after all the years that I worked. I’m thoroughly enjoying it.My children are all married and I have 11 grandchildren who are a huge joy for me. I stay busy by working part-time at the local Library and also doing a lot of things at my church. I direct the choir, sing and serve as an Elder and other things as they come up. I also volunteer 2 evenings a month in the Gift Shop of Hancock Regional Hospital at Greenfield.

My sons live in Cincinnati, OH, Adairsville, GA, and Houston, TX. My daughter lives in Indianapolis. They are a wonderful bunch and we have a great time when all of them are around.

If any of you want to communicate with me, my e-mail address is: pnicholas@isp.com

 Pat Nicholas