Sherry Lynn (Nelsen) Davies 1965 - 2017

NELSEN, DAVIES, MAST

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/7/2017 at 23:19:06

Sioux City Journal
6 July 2017

Homer, Neb.

Sherry Lynn (Nelsen) Davies, 51, of Sioux City, formerly of Homer, passed away on July 4, 2017, at the home of her mother, while surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle against cancer.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mohr Funeral Home in South Sioux City, with Chaplain Brenda Zahnley officiating. Burial will be in Omaha Valley Cemetery, rural Homer. Visitation with the family will be 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Sherry was born in Sioux City, on Aug. 13, 1965, to Richard H. and Mary M. (Mast) Nelsen. She lived in Homer up until she graduated from Homer High School in 1983. Through her adult life, she lived in several different areas. She worked as a waitress in several places and was always complimented on the job she had done. Sherry was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Homer, where she was baptized and confirmed. She loved to sing in church.

She and Elmer spent many evenings listening to the live concerts at the Hard Rock and loved Saturday in the Park. She loved holidays with family and spending time with her grandchildren. Laughing and talking was something she enjoyed and in her eyes no one was a stranger. Her smile lit up the room when she walked in.

Even though Sherry knew her time was short here on earth, she looked forward to the day she would no longer suffer the pain she was in, and go to heaven to the open arms of her loving father and God.

Those left to cherish her memories are her children, Jason (Renee) Surber of Sioux City, Travis (Kayle) Surber of South Sioux City, and Shantel (Jason) Petzoldt of Brookings, S.D.; mother, Mary Nelsen of Homer; brother, Brian (Liz) Nelsen of Sergeant Bluff; grandmother, Margaret Mast of Emerson, Neb.; 10 grandchildren; many aunts, uncles and cousins; her significant other, Elmer Hambaugh III; and her dog, Sal.

Those preceding her in death were her father, Richard Nelsen on Feb. 10, 2017; maternal grandfather; paternal grandparents; and four uncles.