Leslie, Nelle A. - 1900-1989

LESLIE

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/16/2010 at 21:38:10

Miss Nelle Leslie, age 89, of Orange City passed away Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.

Nelle Agnes Rita Leslie was born July 5, 1900 in Indiana, the daughter of Marion Leslie and Elizabeth Mentzer Leslie.

She graduated from Butler College in Indiana and received her masters degree from Columbia University in New York. For 46 years she was a school teacher in the Indianapolis, Indiana School District.

In later years she retired to Florida. She came to this area in April of 1983 and since June of that year she has resided at the Heritage House.

She was a member of the Catholic faith.

Survivors are nephews and nieces, including Clifford Leslie of Orange City.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 11 at the Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City. Monsignor Nicholas J. Ruba of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton officiated. Interment was Friday, Oct. 13 at the Catholic Cemetery in Delphi, Indiana.

Source: Sioux County Capital, October 12, 1989