- Date Of Birth: August 25, 1920
- Date Of Death: May 10, 2019
- State: Maryland
Theresa Veronica Nikol, 98, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019, in Baltimore County, Maryland, where she was born and lived her entire life. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, George A. Nikol; son, Dennis Haney; parents, John and Michaelena (Gudanowski) Drozd; brother, Michael Drozd; and sisters, Helen Bullock, Sophia Kramer and Josephine Vanik.
She is survived by daughter Geraldine (Haney) Watson and her husband Richard of Etters, Pennsylvania; son Greg Nikol, and his wife Karen of Bel Air, Maryland; son John Bergin and his wife Donna of Fallston, Maryland; son Richard Bergin of Pennsylvania; daughter Mary Ellen Kraft and her husband Leonard of Dagsboro, Delaware; daughter Karen Kessler and her husband Mark of Bel Air; son Tony Chong-Baeza and his wife Carmen of Bel Air; and long-lost foster son Mark Vance and his wife Cathy, who recently returned to her life. She was the loving grandmother of Gregory Nikol, Morgan Nikol, Richard Watson, Jr., and his wife Vinnie, Teresa (Watson) Bailoni and her husband Jim, Jennifer Watson, Dawn (Haney) Campbell and her husband Chris, and Dennis Haney, Jr., and his wife Karie; and a great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and loving matriarch of a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and “honorary” children and grandchildren.
For 30 years, Theresa and George cared for more than 200 foster children at their home in Essex. They were Maryland’s Foster Parents of the Year in 1986, and were honored by Baltimore County numerous times.
