Obituary for SUZAN GREENLY NIXON
Suzan Greenly Nixon, 44, of the 1300 block of East 12th St. died of cancer Tuesday at Mercy Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Epworth United Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Greenly Nixon was born in Iowa City and had lived in Lehigh before moving to Des Moines in 1984. She was a sales associate with Joseph''s Jewelry Store and active politically in the community. She had served on the Neighborhood Revitalization Board, Neighborhood Development Corp. Board, Des Moines Action Board and Woodland-Wilkie Priority Board. She was a former president of Capitol Park Neighborhood Association and a member of Morningside Alumni Association. She enjoyed camping.
She is survived by her husband, John Nixon; her mother, Evelyn Sanders, her father, Donald McFarland Sr., and two sons, Rick Greenly and Nick Nixon, all of Des Moines; six brothers, Donald McFarland Jr., Roger McFarland, Greg McFarland and Robert Sanders, all of Des Moines, Ronald Auten Jr. of Fort Dodge and Terry Sanders of Council Bluffs; and nine sisters, Lorra Swanson, Dawn St. John, Cheryl Sanders, Karen Sanders, Rebecca Sanders and Pam Harris, all of Des Moines, Debra Caikoski of Melcher-Dallas, Faythe Randall of Grand Ronde, OR, and Angela Krueger of Denver, CO.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamilton''s Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
Mrs. Greenly Nixon was born in Iowa City and had lived in Lehigh before moving to Des Moines in 1984. She was a sales associate with Joseph''s Jewelry Store and active politically in the community. She had served on the Neighborhood Revitalization Board, Neighborhood Development Corp. Board, Des Moines Action Board and Woodland-Wilkie Priority Board. She was a former president of Capitol Park Neighborhood Association and a member of Morningside Alumni Association. She enjoyed camping.
She is survived by her husband, John Nixon; her mother, Evelyn Sanders, her father, Donald McFarland Sr., and two sons, Rick Greenly and Nick Nixon, all of Des Moines; six brothers, Donald McFarland Jr., Roger McFarland, Greg McFarland and Robert Sanders, all of Des Moines, Ronald Auten Jr. of Fort Dodge and Terry Sanders of Council Bluffs; and nine sisters, Lorra Swanson, Dawn St. John, Cheryl Sanders, Karen Sanders, Rebecca Sanders and Pam Harris, all of Des Moines, Debra Caikoski of Melcher-Dallas, Faythe Randall of Grand Ronde, OR, and Angela Krueger of Denver, CO.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamilton''s Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.