February 16, 1948 – April 18, 2021
Robert Alan Nikirk, 73, of Bedford, passed away at 4:57 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2021.
Born February 16, 1948, in Bedford, he was the son of Robert W. and Phyllis (Jackson) Nikirk. He married Nelda Ludlow on September 4, 1982, and she survives. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving with the U.S. Navy as a Boatswain’s mate. He retired from NSWC Crane. He was a member of Gillen Post #33 American Legion and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, IL.
Survivors include his wife, Nelda, of Bedford; three children, Aimee Mauk and husband, Greg, of Yukon, OK, Marty Nikirk, of Bedford, and Abigail Jostad and husband, Jeremy, of Tripoli, IA; a granddaughter, Macie Lynn Mauk; his mother, Phyllis, of Bedford; four siblings, Nancy Nikirk,
of Ft. Wayne, Phillip Nikirk, and wife, Marcia, of Anderson, Clara Shaw, of Bloomfield, and Sara Nikirk, of Bedford.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 22 at the Day & Carter Mortuary.
Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
