Nellie J. Cleckner, 88 of Wooster died ?Sunday October 7th, 2007 ?at Wooster Community Hospital. ?Private family services will be held at a later date in Florida. ?Roberts Funeral Home-Sherwood Chapel, Wooster is handling the local arrangements. ?Online tributes may be made at www.robertsfuneralhome.com
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Rd., Wooster, OH 44691.
Nellie was born March 14, 1919 in Davis, West Virginia to George H. and Lillie Mae (Whitehair) Wickwire. ?She married Vernon W. Cleckner on October 26, 1939. ?He passed away February 9, 1973.
Surviving are children Gloria Jean (William) Morris of Wooster, Donald R. (Nell) Cleckner of Palm Harbor, Florida, Michael L. (Eileen) Cleckner, Sr. of Flemington, New Jersey and Kenneth E. (Anna) Cleckner of Waynesville, North Carolina, 7 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 6 step-great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren, 3 step-great-great-grandchildren, and a brother Edwin F. Wickwire of Barberton.
In addition to her parents Nellie is preceded by grandchildren Scott Alan Morris and Gregory Scott Cleckner, brothers Harry and Robert Wickwire and sisters Virginia Harrell, Ethel Waldron, Mildred Waddlington , Georgia England and Helen Yoho.