Nellie Marie Sternitzke

Sternitzke, Nellie Marie, 94, born January 21, 1930, in Hudson, MI, died April 10, 2024, in Hendersonville, NC. After graduating from Onsted Community High School in Onsted, MI, Nellie attended Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in Hinsdale, IL, where she graduated as a nurse. She moved to Laporte, IN, where she met and married Martin Sternitzke in 1954. Nellie worked in Laporte as a registered nurse in obstetric nursing until her retirement. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin; two sons, Kurt and David; and six siblings, Helen Waterbrook, William Wolf, Mary Lohr, Robert Wolf, Wanda Reece, and Lester Wolf Jr. She is survived by three siblings, Jack (Rita) Wolf, Jane (Dolph) Diamond, and David Wolf; and her daughter-in-law, Selma Vandermade.