Nicholas William Coad was the fifth child of William Ansley Coad (1883-1931) and Lucile Merle Richardson (1886-1966). He was the only child born at the W A Coad residence, 31 sixth Ave SW, in LeMars, Plymouth, Iowa 1921 DEC 24. Records at the Plymouth County Courthouse will presently show him as Nicholas Richardson Coad. This was the name that his mother insisted, however hsi father had different ideas and his middle name ended up being William. However, no one except for W A Coad's closest friends knew this fact and even Nicholas himself went most of his life as Nicholas Richardson Coad before discovering the truth. It is amazing that he did not need his birth certificate to get a driver's license, enlist in the army or register for Social Security. Near retirement, when Nicholas learned the truth, he chose to have his name legally changed in order to avoid issues with Social Security.
Nicholas attended college at the University of Minnesota for either a semester or a year. He then went home and waited to be drafted for military service. He had wanted to enlist, however his mother would not allow him to do so. He was drafted into the army, however due to flat feet and four eyes never made it out of the States. He was stationed at Silina, Kansas and served in as a pharmacy technition and surgica technition until the end of the war. During this time he got a call from one of his deceased father's closest friends about going duck hunting at the Elgie/Coad hunting camp at Sinai, South Dakota. He was able to get a pass for several days, however there was a restriction that allowed him to only go as far as Omaha, Nebraska. He went anyway and ended up snowed in at Sinai, South Dakota and now AWOL. His grandmother Richardson was an early Red Cross member and very well connected. as a result the head of the Red Cross at Omaha claimed Nicholas was snowed in at Omaha, whenin fact Omaha had received no snow.
After the war, Nicholas and his brother, Charles farmed and managed their mother's land in Plymouth County, Iowa and Hallock County, Minnesota for years, until shortly after their mother died in 1966.
Nicholas married in front of a Justice of the Peace at Sioux City, Iowa in 1950 JAN 12. His sister Carolyn and her husband James McNally stood as witnesses. He married Dolores Darlene Mueller of rural Struble and LeMars. Dolores was the daughter of Ernest Adolph Ferdinand Meuller and Gratie Katherine Popken. Oddly Nicholas was the only one of his sibling that did not elope, his mother was informed and approved of this marriage. Nicholas and Dolores had two children.
After his mother's death in 1966, he and his sibling were mostly estranged due to disagreement regarding the estate. Nicholas soon quite farming and took a year off attempting to write a Harold Robbins like novel. He spent about a year as a State Milk and Meat Inspector for the state of Iowa. He next went to work as co-manager and later manager for a Terra retail fertilizer facility at Merrill, Iowa where he remained until retirement in 1987.
Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer late in 1996. He died 1999 NOV 18, a result of complications and progression of the disease. Nicholas was cremated. His ashes were buried at the Richardson family plot the spring of 2000.
Nicholas attended college at the University of Minnesota for either a semester or a year. He then went home and waited to be drafted for military service. He had wanted to enlist, however his mother would not allow him to do so. He was drafted into the army, however due to flat feet and four eyes never made it out of the States. He was stationed at Silina, Kansas and served in as a pharmacy technition and surgica technition until the end of the war. During this time he got a call from one of his deceased father's closest friends about going duck hunting at the Elgie/Coad hunting camp at Sinai, South Dakota. He was able to get a pass for several days, however there was a restriction that allowed him to only go as far as Omaha, Nebraska. He went anyway and ended up snowed in at Sinai, South Dakota and now AWOL. His grandmother Richardson was an early Red Cross member and very well connected. as a result the head of the Red Cross at Omaha claimed Nicholas was snowed in at Omaha, whenin fact Omaha had received no snow.
After the war, Nicholas and his brother, Charles farmed and managed their mother's land in Plymouth County, Iowa and Hallock County, Minnesota for years, until shortly after their mother died in 1966.
Nicholas married in front of a Justice of the Peace at Sioux City, Iowa in 1950 JAN 12. His sister Carolyn and her husband James McNally stood as witnesses. He married Dolores Darlene Mueller of rural Struble and LeMars. Dolores was the daughter of Ernest Adolph Ferdinand Meuller and Gratie Katherine Popken. Oddly Nicholas was the only one of his sibling that did not elope, his mother was informed and approved of this marriage. Nicholas and Dolores had two children.
After his mother's death in 1966, he and his sibling were mostly estranged due to disagreement regarding the estate. Nicholas soon quite farming and took a year off attempting to write a Harold Robbins like novel. He spent about a year as a State Milk and Meat Inspector for the state of Iowa. He next went to work as co-manager and later manager for a Terra retail fertilizer facility at Merrill, Iowa where he remained until retirement in 1987.
Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer late in 1996. He died 1999 NOV 18, a result of complications and progression of the disease. Nicholas was cremated. His ashes were buried at the Richardson family plot the spring of 2000.
Nicholas William Coad was the fifth child of William Ansley Coad (1883-1931) and Lucile Merle Richardson (1886-1966). He was the only child born at the W A Coad residence, 31 sixth Ave SW, in LeMars, Plymouth, Iowa 1921 DEC 24. Records at the Plymouth County Courthouse will presently show him as Nicholas Richardson Coad. This was the name that his mother insisted, however hsi father had different ideas and his middle name ended up being William. However, no one except for W A Coad's closest friends knew this fact and even Nicholas himself went most of his life as Nicholas Richardson Coad before discovering the truth. It is amazing that he did not need his birth certificate to get a driver's license, enlist in the army or register for Social Security. Near retirement, when Nicholas learned the truth, he chose to have his name legally changed in order to avoid issues with Social Security.
Nicholas attended college at the University of Minnesota for either a semester or a year. He then went home and waited to be drafted for military service. He had wanted to enlist, however his mother would not allow him to do so. He was drafted into the army, however due to flat feet and four eyes never made it out of the States. He was stationed at Silina, Kansas and served in as a pharmacy technition and surgica technition until the end of the war. During this time he got a call from one of his deceased father's closest friends about going duck hunting at the Elgie/Coad hunting camp at Sinai, South Dakota. He was able to get a pass for several days, however there was a restriction that allowed him to only go as far as Omaha, Nebraska. He went anyway and ended up snowed in at Sinai, South Dakota and now AWOL. His grandmother Richardson was an early Red Cross member and very well connected. as a result the head of the Red Cross at Omaha claimed Nicholas was snowed in at Omaha, whenin fact Omaha had received no snow.
After the war, Nicholas and his brother, Charles farmed and managed their mother's land in Plymouth County, Iowa and Hallock County, Minnesota for years, until shortly after their mother died in 1966.
Nicholas married in front of a Justice of the Peace at Sioux City, Iowa in 1950 JAN 12. His sister Carolyn and her husband James McNally stood as witnesses. He married Dolores Darlene Mueller of rural Struble and LeMars. Dolores was the daughter of Ernest Adolph Ferdinand Meuller and Gratie Katherine Popken. Oddly Nicholas was the only one of his sibling that did not elope, his mother was informed and approved of this marriage. Nicholas and Dolores had two children.
After his mother's death in 1966, he and his sibling were mostly estranged due to disagreement regarding the estate. Nicholas soon quite farming and took a year off attempting to write a Harold Robbins like novel. He spent about a year as a State Milk and Meat Inspector for the state of Iowa. He next went to work as co-manager and later manager for a Terra retail fertilizer facility at Merrill, Iowa where he remained until retirement in 1987.
Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer late in 1996. He died 1999 NOV 18, a result of complications and progression of the disease. Nicholas was cremated. His ashes were buried at the Richardson family plot the spring of 2000.
Nicholas attended college at the University of Minnesota for either a semester or a year. He then went home and waited to be drafted for military service. He had wanted to enlist, however his mother would not allow him to do so. He was drafted into the army, however due to flat feet and four eyes never made it out of the States. He was stationed at Silina, Kansas and served in as a pharmacy technition and surgica technition until the end of the war. During this time he got a call from one of his deceased father's closest friends about going duck hunting at the Elgie/Coad hunting camp at Sinai, South Dakota. He was able to get a pass for several days, however there was a restriction that allowed him to only go as far as Omaha, Nebraska. He went anyway and ended up snowed in at Sinai, South Dakota and now AWOL. His grandmother Richardson was an early Red Cross member and very well connected. as a result the head of the Red Cross at Omaha claimed Nicholas was snowed in at Omaha, whenin fact Omaha had received no snow.
After the war, Nicholas and his brother, Charles farmed and managed their mother's land in Plymouth County, Iowa and Hallock County, Minnesota for years, until shortly after their mother died in 1966.
Nicholas married in front of a Justice of the Peace at Sioux City, Iowa in 1950 JAN 12. His sister Carolyn and her husband James McNally stood as witnesses. He married Dolores Darlene Mueller of rural Struble and LeMars. Dolores was the daughter of Ernest Adolph Ferdinand Meuller and Gratie Katherine Popken. Oddly Nicholas was the only one of his sibling that did not elope, his mother was informed and approved of this marriage. Nicholas and Dolores had two children.
After his mother's death in 1966, he and his sibling were mostly estranged due to disagreement regarding the estate. Nicholas soon quite farming and took a year off attempting to write a Harold Robbins like novel. He spent about a year as a State Milk and Meat Inspector for the state of Iowa. He next went to work as co-manager and later manager for a Terra retail fertilizer facility at Merrill, Iowa where he remained until retirement in 1987.
Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer late in 1996. He died 1999 NOV 18, a result of complications and progression of the disease. Nicholas was cremated. His ashes were buried at the Richardson family plot the spring of 2000.
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