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THIS ARTICLE is in memory of Faye Alverna Bower Nichols, a friend from Terracview Lodge.

Faye was born on Jan. 28, 1898 in Washington. She passed away peace- fully at Terraceview Lodge on August 23, at the age of 98. She had melanoma.

Faye was the grandaughter of pioneer steamboat captain James, D. Miller who played a vital role in opening the Columbia River.

Miller was a co-owner of the International Transportantion Co., and an American — stern- wheeler skipper.

Miller was the skipper of The Ruth, launched in 1896, She was the finest sternwheeler to appear at the time, and she could carry 100 tons of freight. She offered a dining saloon, smoking room and individual staterooms for her passengers.

Faye spent part of her childhood growing up on the steamboats,

She attended Whitman College in the state of Washington and worked as a school teacher.

Faye spent three years

_ 45 an execulive secretary in Manila, Phillipines, and travelled with her mother through China and Japan.

Faye’s father was a minister who originally came from Pennsylvania. Due to health problems he bought a grocery store in Spokane, then made another change in career to become editor of a newspaper.

Faye married her hus-

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band Bill Nichols Sept. 22, 1930.

She and Bill had three children — Roger, Alan and daughter Billie.

The couple felt some unrest in their lives though, and Faye decided to sell her multi-diamond engagement ring to fi- nance the family’s “search for the true meaning of life and of God.””

The family — spent months travelling and searching out religious groups, and finally both Faye and Bill accepted Christ into their hearts and lives, and their lives

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The care and love she found at Terraceview made a big difference to her life, as did the ongo-

Faye spent three years as an executive secre- tary in Manila, Phillipines, and travelled with her mother through China and Japan.

were at rest.

Bill died in 1972 and Faye arrived in Terrace in 1974 to join her daughter Billie and Billie’s hus- band Art Hoving. Art was a school teacher at Skeena and a fire chief in Thornhill.

Faye lived with her family for 18 years before moving to Terraceview

ing love of her family.

Faye’s funeral was held in Terrace, with a graveside service con- ducted in Oregon. There she was buried next to her son Roger in the Country Cemetery, close to the Columbia River, the link between Canada and the US.

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Faye is survived by her daugher Billie Hoving of Terrace, son Alan of Duncan and daughter-in- law Lynn Nichols’ of Rainer, Oregon, plus a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and many friends,

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