Nellie Massey Meeks, a resident of Westminster Village and widow of Arthur C. Meeks, died Wednesday at Westminster Health Center following a brief illness. She was born in Owensville, the daughter of Joseph and Sallie Smith Massey, graduated from Owensville High School and from Purdue University where she was a member of Alpah Xi Delta Sorority. She later took graduate work at Columbia University.
Mrs. Meeks was employed in the home economics department at Central High School for 20 years prior to her marriage in 1941 and for a brief time was Indiana State Director of Nutrition. Before coming to Muncie she was in charge of the YWCA tea room at Evansville. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church and Monday Afternoon Club.
Surviving are her stepdaughter, Mrs. Loren (Frances) Ford, Bellevue, Wash.; her stepson, David Meeks, Muncie; five grandchildren, Sheila Richmond, Ore., Lani Meeks, Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. Sheela (Anne) Davis, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Msr. Fred (Maile) Urbaska, Evanston, Ill., and David Meeks, Jr., Muncie; two nieces, Mrs. Jerry Howell, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Richard Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be in Meeks Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. today and an hour before the services Friday.
Mrs. Meeks was employed in the home economics department at Central High School for 20 years prior to her marriage in 1941 and for a brief time was Indiana State Director of Nutrition. Before coming to Muncie she was in charge of the YWCA tea room at Evansville. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church and Monday Afternoon Club.
Surviving are her stepdaughter, Mrs. Loren (Frances) Ford, Bellevue, Wash.; her stepson, David Meeks, Muncie; five grandchildren, Sheila Richmond, Ore., Lani Meeks, Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. Sheela (Anne) Davis, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Msr. Fred (Maile) Urbaska, Evanston, Ill., and David Meeks, Jr., Muncie; two nieces, Mrs. Jerry Howell, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Richard Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be in Meeks Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. today and an hour before the services Friday.
Nellie Massey Meeks, a resident of Westminster Village and widow of Arthur C. Meeks, died Wednesday at Westminster Health Center following a brief illness. She was born in Owensville, the daughter of Joseph and Sallie Smith Massey, graduated from Owensville High School and from Purdue University where she was a member of Alpah Xi Delta Sorority. She later took graduate work at Columbia University.
Mrs. Meeks was employed in the home economics department at Central High School for 20 years prior to her marriage in 1941 and for a brief time was Indiana State Director of Nutrition. Before coming to Muncie she was in charge of the YWCA tea room at Evansville. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church and Monday Afternoon Club.
Surviving are her stepdaughter, Mrs. Loren (Frances) Ford, Bellevue, Wash.; her stepson, David Meeks, Muncie; five grandchildren, Sheila Richmond, Ore., Lani Meeks, Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. Sheela (Anne) Davis, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Msr. Fred (Maile) Urbaska, Evanston, Ill., and David Meeks, Jr., Muncie; two nieces, Mrs. Jerry Howell, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Richard Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be in Meeks Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. today and an hour before the services Friday.
Mrs. Meeks was employed in the home economics department at Central High School for 20 years prior to her marriage in 1941 and for a brief time was Indiana State Director of Nutrition. Before coming to Muncie she was in charge of the YWCA tea room at Evansville. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church and Monday Afternoon Club.
Surviving are her stepdaughter, Mrs. Loren (Frances) Ford, Bellevue, Wash.; her stepson, David Meeks, Muncie; five grandchildren, Sheila Richmond, Ore., Lani Meeks, Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. Sheela (Anne) Davis, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Msr. Fred (Maile) Urbaska, Evanston, Ill., and David Meeks, Jr., Muncie; two nieces, Mrs. Jerry Howell, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Richard Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be in Meeks Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. today and an hour before the services Friday.
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