Private graveside services will take place at the Mt. Maria Cemetery in Hillsdale, Illinois, at a later date.
Todd was born June 8, 1952, in Moline, Illinois, to William and Doris (Fisher) Nicholson. He graduated from Riverdale High School in Port Byron and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Todd was united in marriage to Susanne Holdridge on June 6, 1994, in Rock Island, Illinois. He worked as Chief of Police for Hillsdale and Deputy for the Rock Island Sheriff’s Department; he was also a volunteer Firefighter for Hillsdale.
Todd enjoyed woodworking and watching John Wayne movies. He was an Illinois State wrestling champion and went on to Southern University to wrestle in college.
Todd is survived by his wife Susanne Nicholson of Silvis; daughter Brandyn (Timothy Beck) Spengler of Westfield, Indiana; daughter Ellanya (Mark) Richey of North Fort Myers, Florida; daughter Jacki (Geoff) Barbieri of Seymore, Missouri; son Brandon Ellis of East Moline; son Chase (Jessica) Oler of Le Claire, Iowa; sister Denise Nicholson of Hampton; brother Ronald (Jean) Nicholson of St. Charles, Missouri; sister Victoria Long of Commerce City, Colorado; step mother Patricia Nicholson of Lake Tahoe, Nevada; grandchildren Sebastian, Jayce, Colton, Tristen, Alexia, Zoe, Victor, Vincent, Evelyn and Claude; great-grandchildren Kaleb, Oliver, Sawyer, Lily, Gwyn and Jasmine; Special friends Bruce and Mary Bush of Dahinda, who were with the family daily in the weeks prior to Todd’s passing.
Todd is preceded in death by his parents, William and Doris Nicholson.
Memorials may be made to the Zoe Spengler’s Japan school trip fund at account.eftours.com/donations/7EKQxd.
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