Nelda V. Sego

January 8, 1933 - September 11, 2012

Nelda V. Sego, 79, of 413 South Main Street in Boone passed away at her home on Thursday afternoon, September 6, 2012. She was born on January 8, 1933 in Ft. Dodge, Iowa the daughter of George and Marvyl (Hinton) Shipman. On November 3, 1950, she married David Allen Sego at the Mission Covenant Church in Pilot Mound, Iowa. Nelda was a caregiver working at nursing homes in Boone, the Boone County Care Facility and the Woodward State Hospital from the early 1960’s to 1974 before working on the assembly line at the John Deere Plant in Ankeny from 1974 until her retirement in 1995. Her parents; son Lee “Bill” Willard Olney; 4 brothers Charles, Darwin, Paul and Gary; 4 sisters Garnita, Marcene, Karen and Cheryl; 2 nieces and 1 nephew preceded her in death. Survivors include her life companion of 49 years Henry Willard Olney of Boone; son David B. Sego of Boone; 2 daughters Sheila L. Haase of Omaha, Nebraska and Rhonda K. Cooper of Council Bluffs, Iowa; 9 grandchildren Sherri Norley, Michael Sego, Steven Sego, Kimberly Tilley and Mark Haase all of Boone; Reagan Stemple of Kansas City, Missouri, Douglas Hastie and Joseph Hastie both of Glenwood, Iowa and Trevor Olney of Chandler, Arizona; 12 great-grandsons; 13 great-granddaughters; numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be held on Tuesday afternoon, September 11th at 1:30 p.m. at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Rev. Elaine Jones officiating. Following the service, her body will be cremated with interment in Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone at a later date. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel prior to the service from 11:30 a.m. until the time of service with the family present during that time to greet friends. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to Welsey Life Hospice Care, 5508 NW 88th Street, Johnston, Iowa 50131.