Nettie Mina Brown Royce Obituary
Mansfield Family Journal

Royce, Nettie Mina Brown

Rome Sentinel
August 9, 2005

Vienna - Nettie M. Royce, 80, of State Route 49, passed away Monday, August 8, 2005, at Sunset Nursing Home, Boonville, NY, where she was a resident since April 2004.

She was born February 13, 1925, in Vienna, NY, a daughter of Orville and Mina McClanathan Brown. On November 24, 1945 she married John D. Royce, also in Vienna, he died February 12, 1995.

Nettie worked at Rome Cable prior to raising her family. She was a lifelong resident of the Vienna area, and along with her husband owned and operated Royce Farms and Royce Trucking. She was a member of the Vienna United Methodist Church and Sylvan Beach American Legion Auxiliary Unit # 1153. Nettie also enjoyed baking and crocheting.

Surviving are three daughters, Jeannie Zimmerman, Remsen, NY, Ellen and Ronald Turk, Camden, NY, Donnette and Gary Skellington, Altmar, NY, three sons, John and Debbie Royce, Camden, NY, Robert and Nancy Royce, Blossvale, NY, Timothy and Lisa Royce, Constantia, NY, twenty-two grandchildren, many great grandchildren, one sister, Dora Snow, Arcadia, Fl., several nieces and nephews, and special friends, Geraldine Barney, Blossvale, NY, Thelma Theall, Sylvan Beach, NY and Nance & George Baker, Utica, NY.

She was predeceased by a son, Orville "Buddy" Royce December 15, 1962, a daughter, Sandra Congden, January 12, 1994, sisters Eileen Janes, Wilds Roseman, Janine Brown, Jane Babcock, brothers Albert Brown, Francis O. Brown, Lee Brown, Donald Brown, and special friend, Dorothy Randall who lived in Constableville.

Funeral will be held Wednesday with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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