Arline Jean

Nelson

Arline J. Nelson

February 16, 1929 – February 16, 2022

Arline Nelson passed away peacefully at The Grove in Sylvania Township on February 16, 2022, her 93 ^rd birthday, a birthday she shared with her father.

Arline was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 16, 1929. An only child, she lost her mother at the age of eight and was lovingly raised by her dad in an extended family of aunts and uncles. She graduated from the Andrews School for Girls and went on to attend Bowling Green State University graduating with a degree in Accounting. There she met her future husband, Curt Nelson of Port Clinton, Ohio. Following graduation, Arline and Curt married, moved to Toledo, and both went to work for Owens Illinois. Arline eventually left the workplace to raise her family in the West Toledo and Sylvania Township neighborhoods of Bellevue Road and Westchester Woods where she developed life-long friendships with other families.

Throughout her life, Arline was a generous and giving person who was always looking for ways to help others in the community. In the 1970s, she was an active member of the women's auxiliary to the Toledo State Hospital, a residential treatment facility for people dealing with mental health challenges. Arline worked with staff and other volunteers there to provide daily activities, collect and deliver personal care items, and organize holiday celebrations for the patient residents. A member of Christ the King Parish, she joined in a program led by Fr. Ron Kurth to work with underserved families in the community, recruiting friends and family to help out. For many years, Arline was also an active member of the Flower Hospital Auxiliary. She loved photographing newborns at the hospital, delivering mail and flowers to patients with her coterie of Auxiliary friends, and drafting the Auxiliary newsletter.

Arline and Curt were avid golfers and especially enjoyed time spent golfing with their two sons. She and Curt shared a love of dancing, road trips, and winters in Florida. Arline cherished being a grandmother. Her door was always open, her snacks and treats were the best, and her basement was always filled with crafts and toys for her grandkids and their friends.

Arline was a wonderful, loving, fun, and very giving daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, friend, neighbor, and community volunteer. She enhanced the lives of those she loved and those whose paths she crossed throughout her life's journey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Curtis Nelson. She is survived by her sons John (Cathy) Nelson, David (Susan) Nelson, grandchildren Claire Nelson, Kyle Nelson, Lindsay (Adam) Fercho and great-grandson, Woodson Fercho.

Services will be private and in the spring, Arline's favorite time of year. Memorials are suggested to the ProMedica Flower Hospital Auxiliary, 5200 Harroun Road, Sylvania, Ohio 43560.

Arrangements were handled by Foth-Dorfmeyer Mortuary.