Nellie F. Turner (Sieber)

Burial Date: July 22, 2008 Birth & Death Date: 4/6/1944 - 7/17/2008 Funeral Home: Conway,Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home (Directions) Services: Second Congregational Church (Directions)

   Nellie Frances (Sieber) Turner, 64, of Middleton and formerly of Peabody, died peacefully Thursday evening, July 17, 2008 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers with her family at her side after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of James E. Turner.

She was born in Winchester on April 6, 1944, the daughter of the late John and Corrine (Dodge) Sieber and had resided in Peabody most of her life before moving to Middleton nine years ago. She was a graduate of Peabody High School in 1962 and was first employed at the Eastern Bank Company at the main office in Lynn.

She later worked at the Pilgrim House Nursing Home in Peabody and then at the administrative office at the former J.B. Thomas Hospital in Peabody for 10 years. She then became the office manager at the North Shore Recycled Fibers in Salem for the past 14 years.

Nellie loved the outdoor life and enjoyed boating and riding her ski-mobile in New Hampshire. She enjoyed Hiking and traveling to the mountain tops with her ski mobile and spending weekends at her camp in Tamworth, N.H. She also enjoyed gardening and wildlife and was a frequent patron of Dailey's Restaurant in Middleton.

Surviving her besides her husband are three sons and daughters-in-law, David S. Dodge and his wife, Ellise Diroma of Putnam Valley, N.Y., Joseph A. Traversy III and his wife Jennifer of Bradford, and John and Laura Traversy of Lynn, two daughters, Kelly A. Traversy and her fiance Christopher Gallagher, both of Peabody, and Karen Traversy of Lynn, a stepdaughter, Jamie Elizabeth Turner of Peabody, her eight grandchildren, Samantha and Nicole Dodge, Vanessa and Arianna Traversy, and Justin, Brendan, Olivia and John Traversy III, and many nieces and nephews. She was the grandmother of the late Stephanie Traversy.

A visitation will be held on Monday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St., Peabody facility. Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Second Congregational Church, Maple Street Ext., South Peabody. Inurnment will be in Puritan Lawn Mem. Park, Peabody. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923, in her memory.