A Memorial Service for Gilbert Nichols, age 97 of Branson, Missouri will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Greenlawn Funeral Home Branson.  Burial will follow at Ozarks Memorial Park in Branson with full Military Honors.  Arrangements and cremation are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home Branson.

 He passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the Shepherd of the Hills Living Center in Branson, Missouri. 

He was born on December26, 1925 in Ada, Oklahoma the son of Raphaela Mary Lopez.  He was a retired aircraft mechanic in the United States Navy.   

He is survived by his three sons: Terry Nichols and wife, Gay of Nixa, Missouri, Gary Nichols and wife, Marianne of Joplin, Missouri, Randy Pace and wife, Debbie of Independence, Missouri, five grandchildren: Bryan Nichols, Mark Nichols, Angela Burns, Jennifer Pace, Sarah Ruhland, eight great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his mother, the mother of his two children, Margie Nichols, mother of his step-son, Bette Nichols and his last wife, Vi Nichols.

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.  www.T2T.org