Nielsen, Marilyn Mae (1934 – 2012)

NIELSEN, SCHEEL, HOTZE, HOLTZ, BUCK, INGWERS, MORRIS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/23/2013 at 14:04:40

Name of deceased: Marilyn Mae Nielsen (nee Scheel)

Aged: 78 yrs, 4 mo, 16 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: July 26, 1934, rural Corley, IA

Died: Dec.12, 2012, Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca, IA; Pastor Eric Meissner officiated. Interment was held in the Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA.

Survived by: husband of 59 years, Donald V. Nielsen of Avoca, IA; sons, Dennis (spouse, Margie) Nielsen of Elmwood, NE, Duane (spouse, Kristi) Nielsen of Avoca, IA; daughter, Debra (spouse, Keith) Hotze of Macedonia, IA; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sisters, Betty (spouse, Delno) Holtz of Avoca and Carolyn (spouse,Tom) Morris of Council Bluffs, IA; brother, Robert (spouse, Donna) Scheel of Jacksonville, IA; nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Walter and Henrietta (nee Ingwers) Scheel; sister, Arlene Buck

Education: attended country school at Fairview Township, Shelby County; graduated from Harlan (IA) High School, Class of 1952

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Donald V. Nielsen, March 24, 1953, Council Bluffs, IA

Employment: farmed with spouse east of Avoca, IA

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed gardening, Christmas, antiquing, crafts, watching the Lawrence Welk, playing cards, attending and orchestrating family events (such as Easter egg hunts); collected angels and porcelain dolls

Sources: ancestry.com; pauleyjones.com