Jennifer L Nicholson (Holm)

Jennifer Lynn Nicholson was born the 1st daughter and 2nd child of Bill and Helen Wagner on October 23, 1961.  She died from cardiac arrest on January 22, 2013.  

She was born at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT.   She grew up in Groton, CT, Charleston, SC and Kewaunee, WI.  She graduated from Kewaunee High School in 1979.  Afterward, she went on to attend the Univesity of Wisconsin - Green Bay where she earned Bachelors in Communications.   During her career, Jenny worked for KPHO in Phoenix, AZ and Southwest Gas.

Jenny was active with many charitible organizations including volunteering at the Thomas J. Pappas school for homeless children, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living and New Way Learning Academy.

An avid science fiction fan and playtron, Jenny will missed by her many friends in the science fiction and re-enactment community where she played and participated in playing in the past, present and future.  Her favorite shows were Firefly as well as True Blood and Nathan Fillion always had a special place in her heart.

Sincer her birth, Jenny was especially devoted to her daughter, Dana.  Jenny was with the love of her life, her husband, Russ Nicholson when she passed.  She is also survived by her stepchildren with Russ, Corey, Jackie, Christopher and his wife Linlee and Jenny's grandaughter, Azlin as well as her siblings, Christopher Wagner, Terry Wagner and Tori Wagner and her mother, Helen Wagner.

"Still round the corner there may wait 
A new road or a secret gate; 
And though I oft have passed them by, 
A day will come at last when I  
Shall take the hidden paths that run 
West of the Moon, East of the Sun."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Rings"