Nabbefeld, Marion

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• Obituary: Aft 19 Apr 2015; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
Marion, age 83, passed away unexpectedly on April 19, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. Marion was born on Oct. 3, 1931 in Appleton WI to the late Clement and Lucille (Kersten) Nabbefeld. She graduated from Appleton High School in June, 1949. She married the love of her life Marvin Schimmelpfenning on March 15, 1952 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton WI. Marion worked at Zwicker Knitting Mills during the early years of their marriage, then stayed home to raise her children for a number of years. When Marion's children were a little older she started working again at Kirby Vacuum Cleaners and then moved on to Town and Country Electric (currently Faith Technologies) for almost 25 years. Marion retired from Town and Country Electric in 1994.
Marion loved family gatherings, especially Christmas Eve with her beautifully decorated Christmas tree and celebrating everyone's birthdays, as well as an avid baker with many specialties, including baking cookies for Marv. Marion loved the outdoors; she camped, ice skated, roller skated, and cross country skied and in recent years walked about 5 miles a day. She loved traveling with Marv and kept journals of all their trips so they could refer back to them when memory failed them or to settle a dispute. She loved to spend time playing cards with family and friends. She was a square dancer and listened to many audio books.
Marion is survived by her husband, Marvin Schimmelpfenning; daughter Dawn (Rod Maccoux) Fisher, Appleton; sons Jerry (Barb) Schimmelpfenning, Appleton and Ron (Mary Leaf) Schimmelpfenning, Winona MN. Grandchildren; Aaron Fisher, Ben Schimmelpfenning, Rachel (Joshua) Byram and great-grandchildren; Joshua Jr., Brayden, Kaleb and Annabel Byram. Also survived by sister-in-laws; Lynn Malonee, Lorraine Nabbefeld, Ruth (Charlie) Ziegler, Doris Handler and other nieces and nephews and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Clement and Lucille Nabbefeld, 3 brothers, Robert, Arthur and Thomas, grandson Jason Fisher and son-in-law Jim Fisher. In-laws, Ernest and Mabel Schimmelpfenning. Brothers-in-law Norman (Lorraine) Schimmelpfenning, Earl (Dona) Schimmelpfenning, Raymond Handler and Raymond Hertzfeld. And so many others that had an impact on her life.
A Memorial service for Marion will be held at 7:00PM, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Valley Funeral Home, 2211 N. Richmond St, Appleton. A gathering of friends and family will be held from 5:30PM until the time of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund is being established in Marion's name.
The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the Emergency Room staff at AMC and to the nurses in the ICU and on the 5th floor at ThedaClark Hospital.

Marion married Schimmelpfenning, Marvin (son of Schimmelpfenning, Ernest and Hoffmann, Mabel Martha) [Group Sheet]

Dawn married Fisher, James Thomas [Group Sheet]