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Nelma Stevens Pugh

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Birth	:	6 Aug 1920
Death	:	15 Jan 2016 Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Melbourne Memorial Garden, Melbourne, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.9350160, -93.0911490
Description	:	Nelma Pugh, 95, of Melbourne, IA passed away Friday, January 15, 2016, at the Iowa River Hospice Home, in Marshalltown. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the New Horizon United Methodist Church in Melbourne, IA. Private family burial will take place at a later date. Nelma was born August 6, 1920, she was the only child of Mary (Johnson) and Lloyd “Pete” Stevens. She attended and graduated Boston School No. 5, and attended their reunions every year. Nelma turned down a full basketball scholarship to a beauty school to marry and start her family. Nelma married Sanford “Thurman”... Read More	Nelma Pugh, 95, of Melbourne, IA passed away Friday, January 15, 2016, at the Iowa River Hospice Home, in Marshalltown. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the New Horizon United Methodist Church in Melbourne, IA. Private family burial will take place at a later date. Nelma was born August 6, 1920, she was the only child of Mary (Johnson) and Lloyd “Pete” Stevens. She attended and graduated Boston School No. 5, and attended their reunions every year. Nelma turned down a full basketball scholarship to a beauty school to marry and start her family. Nelma married Sanford “Thurman” Pugh on September 23, 1938 in Lacaster, MO. They returned to the homes of their parents and in December of that year moved into a home in Centerville. From there they moved to Moline, Il, where Nelma held a job at Montgomery Ward, then Feltex Factory making shell cases for military weapons. They returned to Exline in 1943 to farm and remained there until 1959 when they were flooded out by the Chariton River two years in a row. They moved East of Melbourne to start over. There they remain and retired from farming, moving into town in 1976. Besides working the farm alongside her husband and two sons, Nelma held jobs at Spurgeon’s, Kinney’s Shoes, sold Avon and J.C. Penney where she retired from in 1979. They began snow-birding to Texas and continued to do so for 25 years. Nelma enjoyed music, traveling, dancing, square dancing, board games, playing cards, camping and following the activities of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Wheelers Camping Club, the Red Hat Society, Melbourne’s 50+ Club, and the Melbourne Library Book Club. This past August, Nelma had the honor of being the Co-Grand Marshall of the Melbourne Mouse Hole Day’s Parade. Nelma is preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 65 years, her two sons: Gary in 2012 and Steve in 1967. She is survived by four grandchildren: Teresa (Danny) Vodochodsky of Tama; Tracy (Cindy) Pugh of Cheyenne, WY; Angie (Steve) Hermann of Des Moines and Aaron (Michelle) Pugh of Atkins, thirteen great-grandchildren: Bliss (Will) Cruz of Manassas, VA; Dakota & Jensen Vodochodsky; Cael & Cade Pugh; Sonny, Silvio, Rocky, Julian, Carlo & Lucca Hermann; Gabriel and Aubrey Pugh, two step-great-grandchildren: Johnathan & Abby Vroman, one great-great grandchild: Mila Cruz and a daughter-in-law: Jackie (Gary Pugh) Akins, of Melbourne. Memorial services for Nelma Pugh of Melbourne, IA, were held Saturday, January 23, 2016 at New Horizon Methodist Church in Melbourne. Pastors Karen Garrison and Brian Oliver were Co-Officiants for the service. Musicians for the service were Barbara Crane and Denise Juel. Honorary Urn Bearers were Nelma's Great Grandchildren. Interment took place in the Melbourne Memorial Garden Cemetery in Melbourne.

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Nelma Stevens Pugh's memorial is located at: Melbourne Memorial Garden, Melbourne, Marshall County, USA.
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Nelma Stevens Pugh death on 15 Jan 2016 in Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.9350160
Longitude: -93.0911490

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Parent

Spouse

Sanford Thurman “Thurman” Pugh

(1912 - 2003)

Children

Gary Thurman Pugh

(1944 - 2012)

Steven Douglas Pugh

(1949 - 1967)

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Coordinate: 41.9350160, -93.0911490

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