Nellie C. Fuss Obituary (1915 - 2010)

Nellie Catherine Fuss, 95, Pontiac, died at 2:05 p.m. Monday (July 26, 2010) at Good Samaritan Home, Pontiac. Her service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac. The Rev. Fred Keim and the Rev. James Wolfe III will officiate. Burial will be at Patty Cemetery, rural Pontiac. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Livingston County Relay for Life, or the Pontiac Library. She was born May 30, 1915, in Normal, a daughter to David and Bessie Grimm Williams. She married Edward E. Fuss July 7, 1933, in Pontiac. He died May 30, 1987. Surviving are her sons, Bill (Bonnie Coriell) Fuss, Pontiac; and David (Christine) Fuss, Normal; daughters, Nina "Teach" Fuss, Springfield; Elizabeth (David) Ferrara, Graymont; 11 grandchildren, Steve Fuss, Verity Keyworth, Lisa Bounds, Dan Fuss, Mike Ferrara, Jim Ferrara, John Ferrara, Jason Fuss, Jocelyn Fuss, Tanya Fuss, and Genia Fuss; 20 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; spouse; three sons, Robert, James and Glen Fuss; two brothers, Carl "Dudley" Williams and Melvin Williams; and four sisters, Ruth Williams, Bernadine Williams, Anna Faust and Louise Larkin. Nellie was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pontiac for 84 years. She was also a member of Jolly Neighbors Club. She graduated from Pontiac High School in 1933. She was a homemaker.