Nellie Skaff (1918-2009)

SKAFF, HEADID, FURNALD, JANOSIK, MULNEAUX, YATES

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/9/2009 at 08:53:16

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

January 13, 1918-January 6, 2009

Nellie Skaff, 90, a longtime Ames resident, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A gathering of friends and family will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, January 9, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, in Ames, with a 7 p.m. funeral service at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care.

Visitation will also be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 11, at St. Thomas Orthodox Church, 1100 Jones St., in Sioux City, with a Trisagion service at 7 p.m. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, January 12, at St. Thomas Orthodox Church in Sioux City. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery in the St. Thomas Orthodox Section in Sioux City.

Nellie Skaff was born January 13, 1918, in Winner, S.D., to Wolf and Sadie Headid. The family operated a large dairy farm in that area. In order to move closer to their extended family, the family moved to Sioux City in 1928, where they had a large garden and sold the produce to local stores. Nellie graduated from East High School in Sioux City at the age of 16.

On September 19, 1944, Nellie married Major David J. Skaff, and to this union two sons were born, Joseph and David. The family lived in Sioux City, Denison, Guthrie Center and Council Bluffs, before moving to Ames in the fall of 1962.

In 1963, Nellie started selling real estate in the Ames area, and continued her work until 1993 when she retired. In 1993, she was awarded the Gold Achievement Award by the Iowa Association of Realtors - In Recognition of Excellence in Listing and Sales of Real Estate. Nellie was a past member of the National Association of Realtors, the Iowa Board of Realtors, and the Ames Board of Realtors. She was also a member of St. Thomas Orthodox Church in Sioux City.

Nell's home and kitchen were always open and she loved to have family and friends stop by. Her kitchen table was always set and ready for her guests and she was never without a little snack to go along with your coffee. She became well known for her good cooking and for being such a gracious hostess.

Nell always took great pride in the flowers she tended to around the outside of her apartment and she loved the fact that folks would stop as they walked by her home just to admire their beauty.

Nellie is survived by her two sons, Joe (Diana) Skaff, of Ames, and David (Linda) Skaff, of Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren, Jodi (Jeff) Furnald, of Story City, Jana (John) Janosik, of Rochester, Minn., Andrew Skaff, of Kansas City, Mo., and Steven (Kim) Skaff, of Round Lake, Ill.; and three great-grandchildren, Janey and Joey Furnald, and Holly Janosik. She is also survived by her brother, Roy Headid, of Sioux City; and sister, Jennie Mulneaux, of Clinton; as well as a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; brothers, George, Richard, Merched, James and Mahlon; and sisters, Elizabeth Skaff and Mimi Yates.

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