Nellie "Nell" Mae Finnegan

May 18, 1928 - March 20, 2017

NELLIE MAE FINNEGAN 1928 – 2017 Nellie "Nell" Mae (Clark) Finnegan age 88 of Syracuse, NE formerly of Plattsmouth, NE passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse. She was born on May 18, 1928 to James Robert and Gladys Viola (Bratcher) Clark in Watson, MO. Nell was raised and schooled in Watson. She moved to Nebraska City, NE and lived there for twenty years. She met John Joseph Finnegan and they were later married on June 22, 1971 in Lugano, Switzerland. Nell and John lived in Italy for five years, then Tucson, AZ, and then they moved to Plattsmouth in 1983. Nell was a wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker. Later, she moved to Syracuse in 2009 and has been there since. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #365 Auxiliary, and Hugh J. Kerns American Legion Post #56 Auxiliary all of Plattsmouth. She is survived by her daughter: Deborah "Debbie" Esser and husband Quenten of Otoe, NE; son: Rick Hartman and wife Olga of Athens, Greece; four grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents: James and Gladys Clark, husband: John Finnegan, sister: Dorothy Monroe, and brother: James Edgar Clark. A Rosary, followed by Burial, will be held at 2:30 P.M., Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Roby Funeral Home in Plattsmouth with Father Jerel Scholl officiating. Her Final Resting Place will be next to her husband John at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Plattsmouth. Memorials to Family (A suitable charity will be chosen at a later date).