"Clarence E 'Pete" Nichols, 59, of Spartansburg, RD 2, died Monday evening in Corry Memorial Hospital. He was born March 18, 1915, in Eldred Township, Warren County, a son of Ralph and Cleo Bacon Nichols. Mr Nichols was a farmer in Sparta Township and a member of the Erie-Crawford County State Police. A committeeman for Agway, he had served as Sparta Township constable. On Jan 16, 1935, he married the former Dorothea Maker. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs Doris Blakeslee of Spartansburg, RD 2, Mrs Janet Driggs of Spartansburg, RD 3, and Mrs Virginia Terrill of Spartansburg, RD 2; a son, Frank Nichols of Spartansburg, RD 2; three sisters, Mrs Ida Pfeiffer of Meadville, Mrs Evelyn Saul and Mrs Lila Hollabaugh of Conneaut Lake; four brothers, Pearl Nichols of Spartansburg, RD 3, Paul Nichols of Meadville, Herman Nichols of Centerville, RD 1, and Richard Nichols of Meadville; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son, Leroy Nichols, died July 6, 1964. Three sisters, Vera Lilliebridge and two infant sisters, also died previously. Friends may call at the H Richard Hays Funeral Home...and attend the funeral there Friday at 2 pm with Rev Richard Coston of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Spartansburg."
(Titusville Herald, Mar 12, 1975, p.5)

"CORRECTION - The Herald erroneously reported the death of Frank Nichols, 27, of Spartansburg, RD 2, in Thursday morning's edition. It was Nichols' father, Clarence, 60, who died Monday in Corry Memorial Hospital as the result of an accident last month. The Nicholses were using a farm tractor to pull a truck out of a snowbank when the tow chain became tangled. When the elder Nichols tried to free the chain, the truck drifted toward the tractor, pinning him between the vehicles."
(Titusville Herald, Mar 14, 1975, p.5)