Catherine Nelson
In Memory of
Catherine Helen "Cathy"
Nelson (Jones)
1961 - 2022
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Obituary for Catherine Helen "Cathy" Nelson (Jones)

Catherine Helen "Cathy"  Nelson (Jones)
Cathy Jones Nelson, a Resident of Johns Island, South Carolina; formerly of Syracuse, New York and Kennebunk, Maine died Saturday June 18th, 2022, at her home after short Illness.

Cathy was born on December 27, 1961, in Utica, New York, a daughter of Stewart & Anne Marie Jones.

Cathy & Grant Nelson married in 1993 and renewed their vows in 2020. They moved to Kennebunk, Maine and raised their two beautiful daughters Chelsea and Kacie. Cathy worked at Kennebunk Savings Bank for many years. She also worked at hotels in Kennebunkport for several years until her dreams came true and she and Grant moved to Johns Island, SC to be near her family and the warm weather. This was life changing for them and they were incredibly happy.

She enjoyed boating with her husband, her daughters, and friends on the Atlantic Ocean off Kennebunk, ME and Charleston, SC. She loved hosting parties at her home for every holiday and she had the decorations and outfits to match every event. Cathy loved her trips to Florida with her special friends every fall.

She was predeceased by her parents and grandmother.

Cathy is survived by her beloved husband of 29 years Grant Nelson of Johns Island, SC, her daughters Chelsea Nelson of New York City and Kacie Nelson and her fiancé Will Holmes of Charleston, SC, her siblings David Stewart Jones (Valerie) of Wake Forest, NC, Karen Marie Pereto (Scott) of Oriskany, NY, Patricia Marie Bartell (Bernard) of Wake Forest, NC and Steven Mark Jones of Wake Forest, NC; and many nieces and nephews.

Services will be held in Charleston, SC. A Memorial Service will be held here in Kennebunk, Maine later this summer with announcements by the Bibber Memorial Chapel of Kennebunk, Maine.

In Lieu of flowers Memorial Donation may be made in Cathy's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Cathy ‘s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com

Arrangements are entrusted to Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St. Kennebunk, ME and J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home, 232 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC


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