In Memoriam: Longtime Little Silver Resident, Ann Nelson, 98

Longtime Little Silver resident, Ann Nelson, passed away peacefully at home June 22. She was 98.

Ann met Lloyd Nelson, a Merchant Marine, on a blind date, and the two got married in 1945. They lived in the River Plaza section of Middletown before settling down in Little Silver in 1956.

Ann Nelson
Photo/family via Thompson Memorial Home

“Ann was a homemaker and loved to entertain. Her football tailgates, elegant dinner parties and large gatherings of fifty or more were executed with great ease and perfection. Her other at home pastimes included 1,000 piece jigsaws, reading, sewing, knitting, shopping, dancing and caring for her many cats … Ann and Lloyd traveled extensively abroad to places such as Greece, Japan, England, Holland, and Bermuda as well as many US locations including Alaska to visit family, vacationing at Indian Lake, NY with close friends and relatives and snowbirding to their
winter home in Palm City, FL. …
Two of the most fun, yet unordinary things Ann did in her life were hot air ballooning and skydiving which she claimed she would do again in an instant. Her life stories, generosity, compassion, and love will truly be missed.”
Loved ones of Ann Nelson in her obituary

Ann was a member of the Monmouth County Junior League and Sustainers, where she especially enjoyed performing in plays for school children. She was also a member of Sandlass Beach Club, Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club, Sea Bright Beach Club, Martin Downs Country Club, and Deal Golf and Country Club where she and her friends were nine-holers, played bridge, and bowled off season.

Ann was predeceased by: her husband, Lloyd C. Nelson; her parents, William F. (Dorothy P.) Morgan; her brother, Egbert S. (Anne) Montell; sister, Elizabeth M. Miltenberger (Henry); and son, John M. Nelson.

She is survived by: her grandson, Damon J. Nelson, of Granite Shoals, TX; three great-grandsons, Tyler, Schertz, Colin, Riley and their mother, Jenilee Weaver Nelson, of Lake Villa, IL; two nieces, Catherine M. (Peter) Tamblyn, and Virginia P. Miltenberger, of Little Silver; great-nephew Andrew P. Tambyn (fiancée Kendall Axt), of Sea Bright; and her friend and caregiver of 18 years, Julie Lutchko, of Highlands.

Interment will be private. Donations may be made in Ann’s memory to the Monmouth County SPCA, 260 Wall Street, Eatontown, NJ 07724 or to the Little Silver First Aid (LSEMS) 543 Prospect Avenue, Little Silver, NJ 07739.