Frances Brady Neilson, Age 89, of Greenville passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her home. Funeral mass will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, at Saint Williams Catholic Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Father Paul Weinberger officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Rosary and visitation will be Friday from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Neilson was born on May 6, 1919 in Wichita, Kansas to Francis and Helen Dillon Brady. She graduated as Valedictorian at Cathedral High School in Wichita, Kansas. After graduating from college, Frances worked for Beech Aircraft, and worked as a service director for the USO, Red Cross, and Terrell State Hospital. On April 7, 1951, she married Horace Neilson in Wichita, Kansas. Later, she worked as a real estate agent when she and her husband lived in Garland. She was a long-term resident of Greenville and participated in a variety of women’s groups in the community. She was a member of St. Williams Catholic Church.
Her survivors include sister, Mary Agnes Morley of Wichita, Kansas; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Inez and W. I. Davis of Center; nieces and nephews, Walter E. Webking and wife Cindy, Mary Ann Schmitt and husband Frank, Robert H. Webking and wife Donna, Daniel C. Webking and wife Karen, William F. Webking and wife, Priscilla, Jane E. Korpan and husband Myron, Catherine J. Webking, Mary Frances Holzman and husband Larry, Neilson I. Davis and wife Diana, and Cynthia Inez Griffin and husband Guy; and many loving great-nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband in March, 2008; her parents Francis and Nellie Brady, and her sister, Elizabeth Ann Brady Webking.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
The family requests memorials be made to Saint Williams Catholic Church in Greenville.
