Marian Sheffer

1939 - 2015

Marian Sheffer, 75, Rensselaer passed away on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at the Jasper County Hospital. 
Marian was born Sept. 4, 1939, in Rensselaer, to the late Truman and Rosa M. (Ellis) Nelson. She was raised in Wheatfield, where she graduated with the Class of 1958 from Wheatfield High School. On Sept. 3, 1961, in Wheatfield, Marian married Harold Dean Sheffer.
Surviving are their three children, Cynthia Sheffer (companion Terry), Monticello, Gary (JoEllen) Sheffer, Francesville, and Michelle (Donnie) Hutton, Rensselaer. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Kristy (Todd) Ludington, Ronnie (Tailyr) Reed, Adam Younce, Zachary Piatt and Madison Hutton; six great-grandchildren, MacKenzie, Khloe, Alaina, Kynadie, Kaycen and Kendrick; her sister, Loretta Allseitz, Medaryville, and her brother, Deavern (Marguriete) Nelson, Raleigh, N. C.
Marian was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold Dean on May 10, 1986, her twin sister Marlene Fieler, and a brother Truman Nelson Jr.
In 1984, Marian began work as a cook in the kitchen at Rensselaer Central High School. She became the head cook there, retiring in 1998. She had provided child care in her home for many years and had helped operate the School House Inn Restaurant with her mother. 
Marian was affiliated with the First Christian Church of Rensselaer and was a past member of the Rensselaer Volunteer Fire Department Women's Auxiliary.
Friends will be received by the family on Monday from 4 - 8 p.m. at the Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer with Rev. Jim Ketchen officiating. 
Burial will follow at Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer.
Memorials may be made to the Jasper County Hospital Home Healthcare and Hospice.
See: www.jacksonfuneral.com