Ona M. (Prelip) NESSA

PRELIP, NESSA, ANDREASON, FREESEMAN, SWEERS, LILLINGTON, HOOPER, WILSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/11/2012 at 11:29:39

January 18, 1911 -- March 30, 2007

BRITT, IA — Ona M. Nessa, 96, of Britt, formerly of Forest City, passed away Friday (March 30, 2007) at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. A funeral service for Ona Nessa will be held Tuesday, April 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Britt with Pastor Lee Nelson and Janelle Siffring, AiM, officiating. Interment will be at Oakland Cemetery in Forest City at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Visitation will be held Monday, April 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ewing Dugger Funeral Chapel in Britt and one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday, April 3.

Ona, the daughter of Frank A. and Julie Andreason Prelip, was born Jan. 18, 1911, in Kanawha. She was raised in the Kanawha area where she attended Kanawha Public School. Ona helped out at home by helping to care for her 11 brothers and sisters. On Nov. 15, 1930, Ona married Herbert T. Nessa. The couple made their home in Forest City where Ona lived for over 60 years. She has been a resident of Britt for nine years. Ona worked at the produce market in Forest City until it was closed. She was later employed as a CNA at the Good Samaritan Home in Forest City until she was 75 years old. Ona really enjoyed taking care of the residents and spending time with them. She and Herb were involved with the Forest City volunteer fire department and especially enjoyed attending their banquet every year. Ona was even looking forward to attending this year’s banquet had she been able.

She loved to garden and was very proud of her flowers, she also enjoyed quilting and playing cards with the Silver Stars card club. She always kept herself and her family members busy and involved. She was a current member of First Lutheran Church in Britt and a previous member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and the Rebekah’s in Forest City.

She is survived by her children, Pauline Freeseman of Britt, Robert C. Nessa and wife, Bonita, of Tehachapi, Calif., Sally Sweers and husband, Herman, of Britt, Mary Jane Lillington of Seattle, Wash., Gloria Hooper and husband, Dane, of Watelou, Wis., and Thomas F. Nessa and wife, Pat, of Las Vegas, Nev.; 17 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren; three brothers, Leo, Paul and Guy Prelip; two sisters, Frances Wilson and Nelda Prelip; numerous nieces, nephews and other family members. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herbert; three brothers, Donald, Robert, Louis; and three sisters, Beulah, Gloria and Marjorie. Ewing Dugger Funeral Chapel, Britt.

April 1, 2007
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