Jill M. Nickrand

August 23, 1951 - April 14, 2020

Jill Maureen Nickrand, age 68 of Almont, Michigan died Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 at McLaren Flint Hospital. Jill was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 23, 1951, to the late Melvin and Chary (Nichol) Van Vliet and resided and grew up in the Metro Detroit Area. She graduated from Warren, Fitzgerald High School in 1969. She worked briefly as a telephone operator for Michigan Bell before marrying Larry Nickrand and moving to Harbor Beach, Michigan, where she lived most of her life before moving to Almont, Michigan. She was incredibly active when it came to communicating with her “peeps”. She kept everyone up on current events and communicated daily with many friends and family members through texts, Facebook and phone calls. She enjoyed her coffee, her peeps, scratch-off lottery tickets, and being a grandma to her “little dollies”. Jill is survived by three sons; Joe and Jennifer Nickrand of Almont, Michigan, Jesse and Kim Nickrand of Racine, Wisconsin and Justin and Tami Nickrand of Harbor Beach, Michigan; and seven grandchildren, Ben, Aayla, Aurra, Avery, Colin, Drew and Gwen. She was preceded in death by her parents; Melvin and Chary Van Vliet; her brother Timothy Van Vliet; and husband Larry Nickrand. A funeral service was held on April 18th, 2020 at Ramsey Funeral Home in Harbor Beach, Michigan and she was laid to rest shortly after in Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Michigan