Mrs. Nielson is fondly remembered by all her fifth grade students at Old Bonhomme. Along with her son and our classmate Bill Nielson, she joined our email group when it first began in 2003 and we will dearly miss knowing she is there...still looking over us.   "Nielson, Mayestelle Bell "May"~passed away peacefully January 19, 2007, in Clermont, Florida. She was 87. Wife of well known Ladue Schools Athletic Director, Steve Nielson. She and her late husband Steve, moved to Clermont in the late 1970s after her retirement from a teaching career with the Ladue School System that spanned over 30 years. Her many students benefited from her enthusiasm and excellent teaching and will remember her well. She was born and grew up in Congress Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in education and later received a Masters Degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis. A long time member of the Tri-Delta Sorority, she remained active in sorority affairs throughout her life. During World War II, she supported the war effort, caring for traveling servicemen as a stewardess for the Baltimore Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Following the war, she began her teaching career in St. Louis. In retirement, she remained active in many organizations in Clermont including the local garden club, DAR and in volunteer work with the Duvall Home in Deland Florida for handicapped children. She leaves many good friends and neighbors from both St. Louis and Clermont. She is survived by her three sons, Steve W. Nielson of Alexandria Virginia, William Nielson of Orlando Florida and James Nielson of Athens Georgia, eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.Services: Funeral services were held in Clermont on January 23, 2007. In lieu of flowers, the family requested donations be made to Hospice of Lake and Sumter Counties, 12300 Lane Park Road, Tavares Florida, 32778.

 

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Welcome to Ladue High School's Class of '63, whose notorious Ladue Rams served as the role model and inspiration for the St. Louis Rams many years later...as history will duly record.

      

Our Yahoo Ladue Email Group now consists of Founding Members Alan Cohn, Charles Lee, Grant Connell, David McConnell, Diana Moore Goad, David Hendin, Susan Deibel Renz, Neil Alex, Gary Scheinkman, George Nelson, G.T. Cozad, Jack Payne, Jim Gould, Judie Woodman Underwood, Chris Wulff, Linda Franklin Barnes, Lynne Friedman Hamilton, Teacher May Nielson, Nancy Hundley Hecker, Eddie Weiss, Billie Nielson, Richard Krause, Paul Perlow, Thom Clark, Randy Rahn, Rebbie Hammerman Bates, Rick Pennington, Steve Harmon, David Nixon, and Warren Wexler.  And most recently we have been joined by Eric Friedman, Randee Morose Gallo, Carole Eron Pei, Charlie McCowen, Susan Smith, Jack Brown, Dick Siegel, Barry Sterneck, Marjorie Mitchell, Bob Rosenbloom, Ed Shamski, Tom Houston, Bob Kottmeier, Justin Mutrux, Anne Skinner Wulfing, Bill Godwin, Nancy Handelman Powers, Gary Pepper, Peggy Hirsch, Jeffrey Fink, James Pollock, Sharon Steinman Stein, Ed Soderstrom, Charlene Cantanzaro Ryan, Joyce Ritter Ulrich, Susan Rosenbaum Bosse, Terry Crouppen, Judy Marx Rand, Allan Silverberg, Susan Miller Golia, Bob Frank, Ted Staley, Nancy C. Moore, Renee Labovitz Nowell, Missy Bence Schmidt, Ken Peltier, Beverly Groff Goodlin, Donna Decker Williamson, Mary Ellen Lazarus Kuenstler

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