Nita was born to the parents of John L. Stolns and his wife Rellen Helen Gorden (Stolns) on the 9th of May 1935 on Arapahoe Road in Boulder, Colorado.
She had 3 older sisters and 3 brothers of whom one brother is still alive. The sisters are Betty Jane, LaVaughn Ann, and Edna Fern. Brothers Carl Edwin and John Buck. Her brothers passed in a tragic drowning accident. Carl and Skipper (Nickname) had gone for a swim after work in the Dan Drury pond. The owner of the pond had signs up 'no swimming' but her brothers went anyway. The owner knew that it wasn't safe and full of tall moss. Carl knew how to swim but Skipper had a heart murmur and didn't know how to swim. But when he saw his brother get into trouble he took his chances and went to try and save his brother, only to meet the same fate. Nita lived with that nightmare for years and sometimes blamed herself thinking if only there was something she could have done, she found out that they had come from Boulder to visit with her to find she was not at work that day. A 'what if' she had been at work they wouldn't have gone swimming. Her sister Edna Fern only lived for three months, her older sister Betty saw her dead the next morning after her father had placed her on her stomach during the night to try and keep her from crying, her father would not let her mother try and console her and went in himself. Nita's sister LaVaughn married a very nice young man and had 3 children, she divorced her husband and went to California to live to try and get a career in acting.
She worked for a newspaper there, then came back to Colorado to live after finding out she had Cancer. She passed from Colon Cancer in the Denver area and is buried in the Lyons Cemetery in Lyons, Colorado. Betty married James Carter and had two children, she divorced him came back to Colorado, met the love of her life, and married Merlin Fox, and they bought a home in Salem, Ark where they both passed. Betty passed from Stomach cancer. She passed 15 days after her husband.
Both are buried in Mountain Home Arkansas. Betty's desire was to be buried next to her mother in Mountain View Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado. Her living brother held the deed to the one remaining plot and the last Nita heard he was trying to sell it.
Nita lived in many places during her lifetime. Sometimes I felt like Abraham in the Bible with all the many moves. She met her husband Clyde Edward Ford 1 in Aurora, Colorado. They married and had 6 children together, one being stillborn. He was a great husband and father. A short while after Nita and Clyde's divorce he married the secretary he had been seeing for 6 years. She was still married while seeing my husband, she bought into their marriage 3 children. Nita moved on with her life and she too remarried, but it was not to be. She found out later than sooner that he was a wife-beater. They split up after 7 years of marriage.
Nita tried to be the best mother she could be with many obstacles to overcome. Rella Jean is the oldest, Judith Carol her second who is handicapped, Donna Ann, Clyde Edward 11, Susan Brenda LaVaughn, and her last a stillborn Jesse. Donna's middle name was after Nita's Grandmother, (Lillie Ann) Susan's 3rd name was after her sister (LaVaughn), and Clyde's 11 after his father Clyde 1.
After marrying she spent many years in Toledo with her family, then moved back to Colorado and back to Toledo in her elder years. She made many career changes during her lifetime. Nita was Vice Secretary of the Toledo Public Schools Systems early on. Sometimes working three jobs at a time to support her large family. She at one time owned a cleaning company for about six years. One thing about Nita, no one could say she had a lazy bone in her body. Nita owned a Craft store for quite a few years which included stained glass classes, Macrame' class's, and ceramics classes as well as selling craft supplies and plants in her shop. She loved painting with oils and even taught classes. loved antiquing and had an antique business for a few years. Even did some contract painting for others. She even dabbled in Real Estate, got her license, and decided that she did not like the hrs required.
Having to work weeks ends, holidays as that was when potential buyers had free time. Nita did part-time nursing while she lived in both Colorado and Omaha for a while while living with with her son and his family.
She was an avid hunter and loved to go hunting with her husband and friends. Her favorite time of the year was at Christmas, she loved her Lord with all her heart. She kept her decorations up long after Christmas as a reminder of the real meaning of Christmas. When younger she was very active in her church, teaching in Sunday School, Prison Ministry, Nursing home ministry, and Street Ministry in both Denver and Omaha, speaking for women's groups, being assistant song leader, serving at funerals, greeter, and any area they needed help in. She also gave speeches for abused and battered women and had a question-and-answer period afterward. She did what she could to help others, she was always a giving and caring person, she would give you the shirt off her back, and she was known if someone liked some of the jewelry she wore she would take it off and give it to them. She knew it wasn't always about herself but about others. As the old saying goes What Would Jesus Do?? She kept a plaque by her in her office by her computer that had Proverbs 18- 24. It read 'There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother' In her elder years she thought it would be nice to find her roots and in doing so she found out many things when she joined. She built her database, made many research trips in many different states looking for data, taking pictures of relatives' gravestones along the way if others knew she was going to XYZ cemetery they would ask her to take pictures of some of their relative's gravestones which she willingly did. She helped so many find some of their family and so many others helped her find some of her family also. She lived a long life, did she make mistakes along the way, she did, and she would have liked to have gone back and made changes but that isn't what life is about, it's taking one step forward at a time, not going back to your 'What If's, with her Lord by her side. Now you know a little bit about me, go and help others that require love and support. (Jewish do not believe in Christ)
(The above message was written by Nita May Stolns Ford when she created her own memorial.)
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Nita May Stolns, age 88, of Toledo, OH passed away on January 13, 2024, at The Manor of Perrysburg. Nita was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and has 5 children.
Left to cherish her memory are her loving children: Rella (John) Clock, Carol Seasor, Donna (Jim) Thomas., Clyde (Chris) Ford, and Sue (Steve) Bartlowe; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren.
Nita is preceded in death by her child: Jesse whom she is just now meeting for the first time.
Nita had an entrepreneurial spirit. She had her craft shop called The Good Earth and built her own cleaning business. In her latter years, Nita was a visiting angel and she loved genealogy. She gave her life to the Lord in approximately 1975. Her greatest legacy is that all of her children are following Jesus Christ. Nita was a loving mom, grammie, and a friend to many who will be forever missed.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at Habegger Funeral Services, 2001 Consaul Street, Toledo, OH 43605 from 11:00 A.M until the time of the funeral ceremony at noon with pastor Tony Scott officiating. Habegger Funeral Services is honored to serve the Stolns family.
Obituary was written by her daughter, Rella.
Nita was born to the parents of John L. Stolns and his wife Rellen Helen Gorden (Stolns) on the 9th of May 1935 on Arapahoe Road in Boulder, Colorado.
She had 3 older sisters and 3 brothers of whom one brother is still alive. The sisters are Betty Jane, LaVaughn Ann, and Edna Fern. Brothers Carl Edwin and John Buck. Her brothers passed in a tragic drowning accident. Carl and Skipper (Nickname) had gone for a swim after work in the Dan Drury pond. The owner of the pond had signs up 'no swimming' but her brothers went anyway. The owner knew that it wasn't safe and full of tall moss. Carl knew how to swim but Skipper had a heart murmur and didn't know how to swim. But when he saw his brother get into trouble he took his chances and went to try and save his brother, only to meet the same fate. Nita lived with that nightmare for years and sometimes blamed herself thinking if only there was something she could have done, she found out that they had come from Boulder to visit with her to find she was not at work that day. A 'what if' she had been at work they wouldn't have gone swimming. Her sister Edna Fern only lived for three months, her older sister Betty saw her dead the next morning after her father had placed her on her stomach during the night to try and keep her from crying, her father would not let her mother try and console her and went in himself. Nita's sister LaVaughn married a very nice young man and had 3 children, she divorced her husband and went to California to live to try and get a career in acting.
She worked for a newspaper there, then came back to Colorado to live after finding out she had Cancer. She passed from Colon Cancer in the Denver area and is buried in the Lyons Cemetery in Lyons, Colorado. Betty married James Carter and had two children, she divorced him came back to Colorado, met the love of her life, and married Merlin Fox, and they bought a home in Salem, Ark where they both passed. Betty passed from Stomach cancer. She passed 15 days after her husband.
Both are buried in Mountain Home Arkansas. Betty's desire was to be buried next to her mother in Mountain View Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado. Her living brother held the deed to the one remaining plot and the last Nita heard he was trying to sell it.
Nita lived in many places during her lifetime. Sometimes I felt like Abraham in the Bible with all the many moves. She met her husband Clyde Edward Ford 1 in Aurora, Colorado. They married and had 6 children together, one being stillborn. He was a great husband and father. A short while after Nita and Clyde's divorce he married the secretary he had been seeing for 6 years. She was still married while seeing my husband, she bought into their marriage 3 children. Nita moved on with her life and she too remarried, but it was not to be. She found out later than sooner that he was a wife-beater. They split up after 7 years of marriage.
Nita tried to be the best mother she could be with many obstacles to overcome. Rella Jean is the oldest, Judith Carol her second who is handicapped, Donna Ann, Clyde Edward 11, Susan Brenda LaVaughn, and her last a stillborn Jesse. Donna's middle name was after Nita's Grandmother, (Lillie Ann) Susan's 3rd name was after her sister (LaVaughn), and Clyde's 11 after his father Clyde 1.
After marrying she spent many years in Toledo with her family, then moved back to Colorado and back to Toledo in her elder years. She made many career changes during her lifetime. Nita was Vice Secretary of the Toledo Public Schools Systems early on. Sometimes working three jobs at a time to support her large family. She at one time owned a cleaning company for about six years. One thing about Nita, no one could say she had a lazy bone in her body. Nita owned a Craft store for quite a few years which included stained glass classes, Macrame' class's, and ceramics classes as well as selling craft supplies and plants in her shop. She loved painting with oils and even taught classes. loved antiquing and had an antique business for a few years. Even did some contract painting for others. She even dabbled in Real Estate, got her license, and decided that she did not like the hrs required.
Having to work weeks ends, holidays as that was when potential buyers had free time. Nita did part-time nursing while she lived in both Colorado and Omaha for a while while living with with her son and his family.
She was an avid hunter and loved to go hunting with her husband and friends. Her favorite time of the year was at Christmas, she loved her Lord with all her heart. She kept her decorations up long after Christmas as a reminder of the real meaning of Christmas. When younger she was very active in her church, teaching in Sunday School, Prison Ministry, Nursing home ministry, and Street Ministry in both Denver and Omaha, speaking for women's groups, being assistant song leader, serving at funerals, greeter, and any area they needed help in. She also gave speeches for abused and battered women and had a question-and-answer period afterward. She did what she could to help others, she was always a giving and caring person, she would give you the shirt off her back, and she was known if someone liked some of the jewelry she wore she would take it off and give it to them. She knew it wasn't always about herself but about others. As the old saying goes What Would Jesus Do?? She kept a plaque by her in her office by her computer that had Proverbs 18- 24. It read 'There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother' In her elder years she thought it would be nice to find her roots and in doing so she found out many things when she joined. She built her database, made many research trips in many different states looking for data, taking pictures of relatives' gravestones along the way if others knew she was going to XYZ cemetery they would ask her to take pictures of some of their relative's gravestones which she willingly did. She helped so many find some of their family and so many others helped her find some of her family also. She lived a long life, did she make mistakes along the way, she did, and she would have liked to have gone back and made changes but that isn't what life is about, it's taking one step forward at a time, not going back to your 'What If's, with her Lord by her side. Now you know a little bit about me, go and help others that require love and support. (Jewish do not believe in Christ)
(The above message was written by Nita May Stolns Ford when she created her own memorial.)
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Nita May Stolns, age 88, of Toledo, OH passed away on January 13, 2024, at The Manor of Perrysburg. Nita was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and has 5 children.
Left to cherish her memory are her loving children: Rella (John) Clock, Carol Seasor, Donna (Jim) Thomas., Clyde (Chris) Ford, and Sue (Steve) Bartlowe; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren.
Nita is preceded in death by her child: Jesse whom she is just now meeting for the first time.
Nita had an entrepreneurial spirit. She had her craft shop called The Good Earth and built her own cleaning business. In her latter years, Nita was a visiting angel and she loved genealogy. She gave her life to the Lord in approximately 1975. Her greatest legacy is that all of her children are following Jesus Christ. Nita was a loving mom, grammie, and a friend to many who will be forever missed.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at Habegger Funeral Services, 2001 Consaul Street, Toledo, OH 43605 from 11:00 A.M until the time of the funeral ceremony at noon with pastor Tony Scott officiating. Habegger Funeral Services is honored to serve the Stolns family.
Obituary was written by her daughter, Rella.
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