Yvonne A. Nichols

Yvonne Anne-Marie Nichols was born in 1937 in Carentan, France, a small town near the coast of Normandy. Her parents, Otto and Margrit Eigensatz, were Swiss nationals living and working in Normandy during WWII. An only child, Anne-Marie returned back to Switzerland with her mother in 1946 and spent her remaining years growing up to early adulthood in Zurich. She attended the Bon Secours Nursing School in Geneva and was a registered nurse her entire working life. She emigrated to the US in 1963, living in various locations across New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. before settling near the White Mountains of New Hampshire because they reminded her of the Swiss Alps.

Over the years she was a devoted mother who raised two sons, worked at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, sang in the Jefferson Chorus and with the Pine Hill Singers, and always had a smile and a love of life. In 1986 she remarried and joined William “Bill” Nichols in Littleton, which she would call home for the next 38+ years. Together with Bill, they became active members of All-Saints Episcopal Church, drove regular weekly deliveries for Meals on Wheels, and enjoyed performances at every summer season of the Weathervane Theatre. She and Bill traveled far and wide over the years, from Alaska to Labrador, Norway to the Galapagos Islands, and of course numerous trips back to her beloved Switzerland. Over her many years Anne-Marie shared her smile, laughter and kindness with all, and we were all better for it.

She is survived by her husband Bill; her son Jan; her son Marc, her daughter-in-law Renee, and her granddaughter Eliza; her stepdaughter Ann Nichols, her granddaughter Kimberly Doolan and husband David Doolan, and by her closest friend in Switzerland Monique Eichenberger.

A memorial service for Anne-Marie will be held on May 15, 2025, at All-Saints Episcopal Church in Littleton, NH at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either the Weathervane Theatre (www.weathervanenh.org)  or to Meals on Wheels (https://www.gcscc.org/home-delivered-meals).