WALDPORT — The public is invited to a remembrance for Colleen Nickerson from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26 at the Alsea Bay Bridge Visitor Center and Waldport Heritage Museum.
Calling her “the driving force, heart and soul” of the museum, the Waldport Chamber of Commerce issued the invitation to honor Nickerson. The longtime Waldport resident was founder and curator of the museum and president of the Alsi Historical Society. She died in September at age 82.
Light refreshments and beverages will be served.
Nickerson first became involved with the museum after her husband died in 1991 and when the facility was located in a lesser-known building on Grant St. She told YachatsNews in 2021 that she initially got involved to pursue her own family’s genealogy — her great-grandparents homesteaded on the Yachats River.
After the city acquired the Interpretive Center from the state in 2020, she worked hard to have the museum relocated to its more visible, current home.
“If anyone wanted to know anything about Waldport,” said Waldport chamber executive director Tom Fullmer. “Colleen was the resident expert and an invaluable source of history and anecdotes.”
Colleen was a wonderful human and is missed. She did so much for that museum and community.