Nellie Burrows Seward, 91

HARTLY - Nellie Burrows Seward, of Hartly, passed on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2008, in the Delaware Home and Hospital in Smyrna. She was 91. She was born August 26, 1917 near Leipsic, the daughter of the late Benjamin D. and Elizabeth Collins Burrows. Nellie worked very hard as a farmer's daughter, a farmer's wife, a mother and a grandmother. She drove a school bus to Hartly School for a few years and worked at International Playtex for a short period of time. She was a devoted caregiver for all her grandchildren as well as other children in the immediate area for many years. She had many interests, including gardening, raising muscovy ducks, canning, making homemade butter, baking pies, and still found time being creative with her quilting, embroidery and painting ceramics. Many family members and friends were recipients of her beautiful hand quilted quilts for graduations and weddings over the years. She was a member of The Hartly Methodist Church, The Modern Maturity Center, The Bethesda Grange 64, and a life member of the Hartly Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. As a child, she attended the historical Cowgills Corner School which still stands on Route 9 at Cowgills Corner, east of Dover. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, George W. Seward, who died in January 1977; six sisters, Elizabeth Hurd, Anna Biddle, Mildred Faulkner, Ethel Krupka, Lulu Cummins, May Fithion; four brothers, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and George Burrows. She is survived by four daughters, Margaret S. Jewell and her husband, Eddie, of Hartly, Catherine (Kitty) Nickerson and her husband Dick, of Hartly, Ermel (Bobbi) Knotts and her husband William, of Dover, and Edna Connor of Clayton; two sisters, Catherine Miller of Smyrna and Hilda Krupka of Hartly; eight grandchildren, William Nickerson Jr., Edward C. Jewell, Brenda J. Solloway, Beau Knotts, Edward Knotts, Joe Nickerson, Dwayne Nickerson and Joanne Nickerson, and 11 great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Saturday at noon in the Faries Funeral Chapel, 29 South Main St., Smyrna, where friends may call one hour prior to service. Burial will be in Sharon Hills Memorial Park Dover. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Modern Maturity Center to benefit the Day Break Center for Alzheimers in memory of Nellie B. Seward at 1121 Forrest Avenue Dover, DE 19904. Arrangements are by Faries Funeral Directors and Crematorium Inc., 29 South Main Street Smyrna. Condolence may be sent by visiting www.fariesfuneralhome.com.