When Willard H. Nichols was born on 23 February 1910, in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, Heber Charles Nichols, was 23 and his mother, Eliza Nichols, was 21. He married Norma June Olsen on 22 July 1937, in Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He died on 30 April 1993, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.