Nicole Renee Stokes-Henry

April 18, 1980    ~    March 31, 2025 (age 44)

Nicole Rene Henry was born on April 18, 1980, in South Bend, Indiana to the union of Shirley Stokes-Wilson and the late James Henry. She passed away on Monday, March 31, 2025, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center; she was 44. 

Nicole attended the former LaSalle High School and transferred to Washington High School from where she graduated in 1998. She was employed as District Supervisor at LabCorp for the past 16 years; prior to that she had worked for the former South Bend Medical Foundation. Nicole was a no-nonsense person who always took care of business. She was fun to be in the company of and enjoyed dancing, cooking and spending time with family and close friends.

Nicole was the proud mother of two children, Darion Mitchell and Deja Mitchell and an even more proud grandmother of three grandchildren, Laylah Mitchell, Aaliyah Mitchell and DeAngelo Mitchell. She raised her children to be responsible and independent and taught them the importance of kindness and compassion.

Nicole leaves to cherish her memory, her children and grandchildren; her mother and stepfather, Shirley and Robert Wilson; a brother, James Mentrel Henry; a niece, Niyah Henry; maternal uncles and aunts, Arthur and Carol Stokes, Charlene and Eugene Lester, Edward Stokes, Jimmie Stokes, Wilbert Stokes, Gwen and Willie Horne Jr. and Mary Chism; great Uncle, Robert McGlaun;  paternal uncles and aunts, Robert and Brenda Henry, Ethel and Wilfred Taylor, Earlene Henry, Matlene Turner and Edmond and Janice Henry; close cousins, Angela Stokes, Shawn Stokes, Jonathan Golden, Cliff  Harris, Kishon Stokes,  Katrina Johnson, Angela Hardrict, Charon Wilson and Shotunus Peterson; close childhood friends, Kenya Freeman, Quiana Crump, Sharita Dixon, Tanisha Pruitt and Kevin Wilson, Sr.  Her memory will also live on in the hearts of the Kenneth Freeman Family, the Lisa Smith Family and the Cathy King Family, as well a host of other relatives, friends and many coworkers.

Along with her father, Nicole was also preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Charlie and Alberta Stokes; paternal grandparents, Monroe and Arcola Henry, Sr; maternal aunt, Ruth Stokes-Harris; maternal uncle, Robert Stokes; paternal aunts, Pearlie Henry-Day and Ernestine Henry and paternal uncle, Monroe Henry, Jr.

From this day forward let’s turn our pain into praise and remember not the tremendous loss, but the life and love of a beautiful person.

1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. John 14:1-4

Services

Visitation

Saturday
April 12, 2025
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Cobb Funeral Home
3525 S. Michigan Street
South Bend, IN 46614

Funeral Service

Saturday
April 12, 2025
11:00 AM
Cobb Funeral Home
3525 S. Michigan Street
South Bend, IN 46614

4/13/2025 djb

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