1928
Mary
2015
Mary J. Nemmers
March 15, 1928 — March 5, 2015
Mary Jacqueline (Jackie) Nemmers was born March 15, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky to Evelyn Marie Vetter and Henry Paschal Mudd. She was the second of four children.
Jackie’s grandfather was a produce dealer in Louisville and Jackie and her family lived with her grandparents during the Great Depression. She fondly recalled her early years in her grandparent’s large Antebellum home in one of Louisville’s prominent neighborhoods.
In 1936 Jackie’s family moved to Des Plaines, Illinois where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School. She was a 1946 graduate of St. Patrick’s Catholic High School. After graduation she moved with her family to Libertyville, Illinois. In the late 1940s she worked as an office assistant for attorney Lloyd C. Ray at his Libertyville office.
On February 3, 1951 she married Joseph I. Nemmers at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville with Monsignor Harry C. Koenig presiding. Jackie and Joe lived in Libertyville for 61 years until their move to Washington State in 2012.
Jackie was a volunteer at St. Joseph School in the 1960s serving as a room mother, den mother of Cub Scout Pack 60, and office assistant. She was also active at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein serving as language lab monitor and volunteer. In 1975 Jackie and Joe were the founding co-chairs of “Street Scenes,” Carmel’s signature fundraising event.
After Joe’s retirement from Abbott in 1991 Jackie and Joe spent many winters on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. Jackie enjoyed reading, long walks, and visits with her grandchildren. The last three years she and Joe lived in Gig Harbor, Washington.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, her sons Joseph Jr (Kathy) of Scottsdale, Arizona, Gary (Nicole) also of Scottsdale, and Scott (Donna) of Gig Harbor, Washington, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild, her sisters Patricia Corra of Michigan and Jeanette Pangman of Wisconsin and her brother Robert Mudd of Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Following a funeral Mass she will be interned at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington.
Jackie’s grandfather was a produce dealer in Louisville and Jackie and her family lived with her grandparents during the Great Depression. She fondly recalled her early years in her grandparent’s large Antebellum home in one of Louisville’s prominent neighborhoods.
In 1936 Jackie’s family moved to Des Plaines, Illinois where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School. She was a 1946 graduate of St. Patrick’s Catholic High School. After graduation she moved with her family to Libertyville, Illinois. In the late 1940s she worked as an office assistant for attorney Lloyd C. Ray at his Libertyville office.
On February 3, 1951 she married Joseph I. Nemmers at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville with Monsignor Harry C. Koenig presiding. Jackie and Joe lived in Libertyville for 61 years until their move to Washington State in 2012.
Jackie was a volunteer at St. Joseph School in the 1960s serving as a room mother, den mother of Cub Scout Pack 60, and office assistant. She was also active at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein serving as language lab monitor and volunteer. In 1975 Jackie and Joe were the founding co-chairs of “Street Scenes,” Carmel’s signature fundraising event.
After Joe’s retirement from Abbott in 1991 Jackie and Joe spent many winters on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. Jackie enjoyed reading, long walks, and visits with her grandchildren. The last three years she and Joe lived in Gig Harbor, Washington.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, her sons Joseph Jr (Kathy) of Scottsdale, Arizona, Gary (Nicole) also of Scottsdale, and Scott (Donna) of Gig Harbor, Washington, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild, her sisters Patricia Corra of Michigan and Jeanette Pangman of Wisconsin and her brother Robert Mudd of Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Following a funeral Mass she will be interned at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington.
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