NELLIE FLORENCE FREEMAN, 89, of BRADLEY BEACH, entered her eternal home on Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Nellie was a lifelong resident of Bradley Beach and a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of Bradley Beach where she served as a Sunday School teacher and a member of the church council. She loved the Lord and always strived to serve Him throughout her life. Aunt Nellie will be dearly missed by her friends and family. Nellie was a graduate of Bradley Beach Elementary School and Asbury Park High School. She was employed for many years in secretarial positions with A.G. Rogers of Neptune, as a personal secretary to the president of the Steinbach Company of Asbury Park, and 20 years with the payroll department of the Neptune Township Board of Education, from where she retired in 1986. Nellie later worked part time on the office staff at Francis Asbury Manor in Ocean Grove. She also sold beach badges in Bradley Beach for eight consecutive summers. Nellie is survived by her twin sister and brother in law, Betty and Lyman Graham of Bradley Beach, by her brother and sister in law, Fred and Ruth Freeman of Albuquerque, NM, by her niece, Bonnie Graham of Ocean Grove, by her nephews Dale Graham of Delray Beach, FL, and Chuck Freeman and his wife, Lynn, of Jamestown, NM.
A funeral service were held on Monday, Feb. 26th at 11:00 AM at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, with interment following at Shoreland Memorial Gardens, Hazlet. Friends were invited to call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-5 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the First United Methodist Church of Bradley Beach, 319 LaReine Ave., Bradley Beach, NJ 07720 would be appreciated.