Nina, or “Lynn” as she was called by many that knew and loved her, was an intelligent, articulate and creative woman who, although small in stature, had a quiet yet formidable inner strength and quick wit, and whom loved her family and adored her younger brother “Ed”.
As a professional in the business world, Nina worked as a secretary at Keo Cutters in Warren, Michigan where she met her former husband, Gerard Gelaude in 1967. A testament to her fine upbringing, Gerard stated when he proposed to her that, “He hoped his little girl, Marcy Lynn, would grow up to be the lady that Nina was”.
After marrying, Gerard, Nina and Marcy Lynn lived happily on Audrey and Timken Ave. in Warren for several years, until they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1973. As a family, they enjoyed regular trips to Michigan to visit their loved ones and traveled several times to Ocho Rios, Jamaica to visit Nina’s mother, Imogene.
While living in Fort Wayne, Nina was a stay at home Mom and was devoted to being a wife and mother, lovingly caring for their beautiful home, planning birthday parties, preparing delicious holiday dinners, and honing her skills as a talented seamstress, eventually securing a part-time position at Joann Fabrics as a sewing instructor.
Nina’s legacy as a talented, intelligent, independent woman of strength who, during her lifetime, was a devoted and loving daughter, sister, wife to her former husband Gerard Gelaude, and devoted mother to her step-daughter, Marcy Lynn, will never be forgotten.
Nina is survived by her step-daughter, Marcy Lynn Gelaude, her granddaughter, Monika Konrad, was survived by her brother Edward Franklin Shell, Jr. until his passing on February 16, 2022, and is predeceased by her mother, Imogene (Myers) Shell and her father, Edward Franklin Shell, Sr.
John 11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “Brother and sisters, we do not want you to be uniformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from Heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words”>
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