Pendleton, OR - Nichole passed away May 11, 2026 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA. She was born in Walla Walla, WA March 22, 1993. Nichole attended Pendleton schools and graduated in 2011.

Nichole married Jason Wainwright in 2015. They were later divorced. She worked as a caregiver and foster mother. She was always a joy to everyone and people that surrounded her. She enjoyed gardening, crafting, hunting, horses, animals and camping, but most of all she loved her 3 children.

Nichole is survived by her children Terrance, Blakelynn and Woodrow; parents Stephen and Lynda Garner; former husband Jason Wainwright; birth mother Ann Austin; siblings Damien Wolfgram, Ryan Poffenberger, Brittni Scharn, Eric Homer and Tara Lowe Andoe; honorary dad Tim Scharn; honorary uncle Tony Scharn and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

A Celebration of Life reception is being held at 1pm Saturday, June 6 at Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton OR. The family is requesting attendees fill out a memory card (provided) to make memory boxes for her children.