Obituary
Nelda Neer Anthony
Nelda Neer Anthony, age 86 of Greenville, passed away at 6:05
p.m. Friday evening, December 9, 2011, in Barnes-Jewish
Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December
14, 2011, at the Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home in Greenville with
Darryl Bolen officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 p.m.
Tuesday and from 10 a.m. Wednesday until service time at the
Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home in Greenville. For those who desire
memorials may be made to the Bond County Genealogical Society.
Nelda Nadine Neer, the daughter of Stephen "Steve" Neer and
Bernice Olivia Thorne Neer, was born on February 5, 1925, in
Greenville. She grew up here and attended Central School and
Greenville High School. She worked as waitress in the Purity
Cafe and Walker's Cafe. She was a bookkeeper for Schuette
Brothers' in Belleville. The family moved back to Greenville in
1983 and became interested in Genealogy. They have researched
over 100 cemeteries here in Bond County creating books and
helping families for over 25 years. They published the Bond
County Genealogical Society News letter for over 20 years.
Nelda and Dean Foulon Anthony were united in marriage on March
21, 1947, in Greenville by Rev. Causey and have enjoyed over 63
years together before his death on July 1, 2010. Nelda is
survived by her daughter Judith Ann, Mrs. Greg Rolves of
Greenville, grandchildren: Angelique Bohannon, Christopher
Robert Rolves, Martha Nadine Rolves, Michael Dean Rolves, Daniel
Kent Tomlin, great grandchildren Robert, Karyssa, Dakota,
Krystal, Thomas, Joseph, and Kyle. Also surviving are her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert Neer, and brother-in-law, William C.
Anthony Jr., and a host of nieces and nephews.
Nelda is preceded in death by her son, Robert Dean Anthony, in
1981 her husband, Dean F. Anthony, in 2010, and three brothers
Charles Neer, Harold Neer, and Robert Neer.
Nelda is a member of the Bond County Genealogical Society and
the Bond County Historical Society.
Contributed 11 Dec 2011 by Chad Parson
