BRENDA LEE NIKODIM
April 21, 1961-March 28, 2015
Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs. Burial: Virgil City Cemetery.
Mrs. Nikodim, 53, El Dorado Springs, died Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar. She was born and raised in Jerico Springs to Glenn Dale and Norma Rae (Kenney) Jeffries. She was baptized June 22, 1997, at Brown’s Ford in Jerico Springs.
She married Howard Mason Nikodim May 18, 1979, in Miami, Oklahoma, and together they raised two children, Matthew and Melody.
Survivors include her husband, Howard; a son, Matthew Nikodim and wife Katie of El Dorado Springs; a daughter, Melody Madewell and husband Marcus of Aldrich; grandchildren, Morgan and Jakob Nikodim and Hadan and Haley Madewell; her mother, Norma Jeffries of Jerico Springs; siblings Connie White of Lamar, Billy Jeffries of Lamar, Tommy Jeffries of Jerico Springs, Bobby Jeffries of Lamar, Teressa Melvin of Jerico Springs, Glenda Allen of Monett and Jan Jacquinot of St. Paul, Kansas; a very special friend, Charlotte Haden; as well as many, many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father, Glenn Jeffries; a sister, Linda Roe; and a brother-in-law, Dale Nikodim.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to High Hopes and left at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at www.blandhackleman.com.
