Nelda Joyce Stallones NARDONE

1938 - 2016

NARDONE,
Nelda Joyce Stallones
Our mother, nonnie, sister, aunt, and friend, Nelda was called to her heavenly home on November 6, 2016, at the age of 77, from pancreatic cancer. Born in Dallas to Ercelle and Kenneth Stallones, Nelda was raised in a loving home with her younger sister, Linda Jean. Nelda married Maurice Fox in 1959 and they eventually settled into the home she planned and contracted in rural North Stonington, Conn. Maurice co-founded Analysis & Technology, Inc., a naval research contracting firm, where Nelda later served as Corporate Secretary and held a lengthy term on the Board of Directors. Maurice passed in 1978, and in 1984, Nelda married Charles Nardone. They lived a happy life together, splitting their time between summers in New England and winters with family in Texas, until his passing in 2012.

Nelda was an extraordinary hostess, providing exceptional hospitality at every possible opportunity. In addition, she served on her children's school board of education and the board of the Heritage Playhouse (Hopkinton, R.I.), was a trustee of The Wheeler Library, an advisor for Rainbow Girls, and a church deacon.

Nelda leaves behind a devoted family including sister Linda Classen and husband Nick, children Henry (Reg) Fox, Mary Fox Fields, Suzanne Fox Buchele and husband Steven, and Maurice Fox and wife Christine. She is also survived by grandchildren Kyle and Margo Fox, Timothy and Caroline Fields, Wesley (Fox) and Anna Buchele, Grace Buchele Mineta and husband Ryosuke, Sarah Fox Hammelman and husband Rob, Clinton James (C.J.) Fox and wife Kristin, and Laura Fox; great-grandchildren Levi, August, Connor and Natalie Fox; and a large extended family to cherish her memory including stepson Mark Nardone, brother-in-law J.B. Fox, and nephews Ken, Mark and Keith Robinson, and Larry Fox.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on November 12 at The Worship Place in Georgetown, and on December 30 at Central Baptist Church in Westerly, R.I.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider making a donation in Nelda's memory to The Wheeler Library, 101 Main Street, North Stonington, Conn. 06359.