Marion Nelson

Obituary of Marion NelsonMarion S. (Buckner) Nelson passed away at home on Friday, November 13, 2009. She was born November 24, 1926, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the youngest child of Henry F. and Margaret Weidemann Schneider. She grew up in Stanwood, Iowa. After attending the University of Iowa, she taught school in Marion, Iowa and in Stanwood. Marion moved to Ocala in January 1954, where she was a homemaker and active member of the community. As a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ocala for 55 years, she was a longtime superintendent of the primary department there and had also taught Sunday school. Marion was the first female member of the FUMC board of trustees, and had been president of the Friendly Fellowship class. Marion was formerly president of Church Women United of Marion County, president of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and a member of the Friends of the Florida School for Girls. She was active in both the Ocala Junior and Senior Women's Clubs. She was, at one time, a realtor with Ellison Realty. Her recreational passions were golf and bridge She was once the women's Club Champion at the Country Club at Silver Springs Shores, and was a Silver Life-Master in duplicate bridge. In 1998, her husband and she moved to Spruce Creek Country Club in Summerfield, where they both golfed and formed the duplicate bridge club. Always an active reader, Mrs. Nelson enjoyed membership in the book club at Spruce Creek CC. All of this, and she still had time left for her children and their spouses, her grandchildren, her home, and her husband. The friends she made in all of these activities are many and she is missed. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Roger B. Nelson, Summerfield; her (and James Paul Buckner's) children: James Virgil Buckner (Mary), Ocala and Janet L. Buckner Hatch (David), Oviedo; brother Paul H. Schneider, Palm Harbor; granddaughters Jennifer M. Hatch, Winter Park, and Cayley L. Burkner, Ocala; two stepsons, one step-granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Virgil H. Schneider, and a sister, Eleanor S. Roknich. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, 2201 SE 30th Ave, Ocala, FL 34471 or Hospice of Marion County, 3231 SW 34th Ave, Ocala, FL 34474. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Novemer 21, 2009, at 11:00 am, at the First United Methodist Church in Ocala, 1126 East Silver Springs Boulevard.

Marion Nelson

November 24, 1926 - November 13, 2009