I. Marie Neff

I. “MARIE” NEFF, AGE 62, OF NAPLES, FLORIDA, (FORMERLY OF FT. WAYNE, INDIANA) PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 18, 2012. MARIE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 1950, IN MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO TO ARMAND AND RUTH (MENDEZ) GUERTIN. AFTER HAVING OBTAINING A COMMERCIAL ARTS DEGREE, SHE CONTINUED HER STUDIES AT INDIANA PURDUE UNIVERSITY OF FT. WAYNE, INDIANA, GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS. MARIE WENT ON TO TEACH SPANISH AT INDIANA PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

“MOMMA MARIE” TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME AS WELL AS BEING ACTIVE IN ALL OF HER CHILDREN’S EDUCATION AND EXTRA CURICULAR ACTIVITIES. SHE WAS AN EMPATHIC NON-JUDGEMENTAL AND GIVING WOMAN WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE TO HER FAMILY, “ADOPTED CHILDREN”, AND ANIMALS IN NEED. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN AND GIVE ADVICE ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT. IF GIVING YOU THE SHIRT OFF OF HER BACK WOULD MAKE IT BETTER, THEN SHE WOULD GO SHIRTLESS. MARIE’S SPIRIT BRIGHTENED ANY ROOM SHE WALKED INTO; YOU COULD NEVER HELP BUT SMILE AND WHEN SHE WAS AROUND.

MARIE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 37 YEARS, HARRY NEFF, HER CHILDREN, NICOLE (ERNEST) LEBO, AND MATTHEW (BRANDON) NEFF. HER GRANDCHILDREN ARE ERNEST V and ALEXANDRIA LEBO. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, RUTH GUERTIN, HER 2 SIBLINGS, SANDRA AND RAYMOND GUERTIN; 5 SISTERS-IN-LAW, 4 BROTHERS-IN-LAW 9 NEPHEWS, 8 NIECES, AND 3 GREAT NEPHEWS. MARIE WAS PRE-DECEASED BY HER FATHER, ARMAND GUERTIN AND FATHER-IN-LAW JOHN “JACK” NEFF.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 9 – 10 AM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2012 AT HODGES FUNERAL HOME AT NAPLES MEMORIAL GARDENS WHERE SERVICES WILL FOLLOW AT 10 AM.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY WISHES DONATIONS TO BE GIVE TO;

ARC: ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER, INC.

ARC-P.O. BOX 6642, FT. MYERS, FLORIDA 33911 OR

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION

ATTENTION: DONATIONS 1701, N. BEAUREGARD ST.,

ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22317