Dorothy June Nelsen, 81, formerly from Scarborough, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at Clover Nursing Home in Auburn with her family at her side.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore R. Nelsen Sr. of 61 years.
Dorothy grew up in Portland and attended Portland schools. She worked in Portland hospitals as a kitchen and nursing aid, and in a Portland fish factory. She also did waitress and clerk work in various locations and retired from her 20-year position as work leader at Fairchild National Semiconductor in South Portland.
Dorothy was a member of the Eagles Club in Portland and the American Legion in Westbrook. She enjoyed socializing and dancing, playing bingo, cards, crafts, knitting and crocheting. She was a social butterfly at Clover Manor and mother to all her caregivers and other patients there whom she took upon herself to care for. She was loved by so many there.
She especially loved her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Helen Gendreau and husband, Fred, Francis Collins and husband, Donald, and Marjorie Valeriani.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore R. Nelsen Sr. of 61 years.
Dorothy grew up in Portland and attended Portland schools. She worked in Portland hospitals as a kitchen and nursing aid, and in a Portland fish factory. She also did waitress and clerk work in various locations and retired from her 20-year position as work leader at Fairchild National Semiconductor in South Portland.
Dorothy was a member of the Eagles Club in Portland and the American Legion in Westbrook. She enjoyed socializing and dancing, playing bingo, cards, crafts, knitting and crocheting. She was a social butterfly at Clover Manor and mother to all her caregivers and other patients there whom she took upon herself to care for. She was loved by so many there.
She especially loved her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Helen Gendreau and husband, Fred, Francis Collins and husband, Donald, and Marjorie Valeriani.
Dorothy June Nelsen, 81, formerly from Scarborough, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at Clover Nursing Home in Auburn with her family at her side.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore R. Nelsen Sr. of 61 years.
Dorothy grew up in Portland and attended Portland schools. She worked in Portland hospitals as a kitchen and nursing aid, and in a Portland fish factory. She also did waitress and clerk work in various locations and retired from her 20-year position as work leader at Fairchild National Semiconductor in South Portland.
Dorothy was a member of the Eagles Club in Portland and the American Legion in Westbrook. She enjoyed socializing and dancing, playing bingo, cards, crafts, knitting and crocheting. She was a social butterfly at Clover Manor and mother to all her caregivers and other patients there whom she took upon herself to care for. She was loved by so many there.
She especially loved her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Helen Gendreau and husband, Fred, Francis Collins and husband, Donald, and Marjorie Valeriani.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore R. Nelsen Sr. of 61 years.
Dorothy grew up in Portland and attended Portland schools. She worked in Portland hospitals as a kitchen and nursing aid, and in a Portland fish factory. She also did waitress and clerk work in various locations and retired from her 20-year position as work leader at Fairchild National Semiconductor in South Portland.
Dorothy was a member of the Eagles Club in Portland and the American Legion in Westbrook. She enjoyed socializing and dancing, playing bingo, cards, crafts, knitting and crocheting. She was a social butterfly at Clover Manor and mother to all her caregivers and other patients there whom she took upon herself to care for. She was loved by so many there.
She especially loved her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Helen Gendreau and husband, Fred, Francis Collins and husband, Donald, and Marjorie Valeriani.
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