Marcile Nelson, 93, of North Platte, formerly of Curtis, died March 12, 2018, at Linden Court in North Platte.

Elma Marcile Perks was born on Dec. 25, 1924, on the family farm 3½ miles southwest of Stockville, the daughter of Samuel and Elma Belle (Hinton) Perks. She went to the Rising Sun Country School and graduated from Stockville High in 1942.

Marcile married Nels Parker Nelson on July 16, 1944, at the folk’s farm near Stockville, and they had a daughter, Janet Marcile. They later divorced.

Marcile did farm work, as her dad was an electrician. She and her parents built a home in Curtis in 1962 and they moved to town. She was baptized in 1953 into the Stockville Congregational Church, where she was a member for many years and served as the treasurer.

Marcile worked in the Frontier County Clerk’s office from January 1943 to July 1945. She took the census in 1950 under Vance Farrer and in 1954 under Merwin Burton. She started working in the Frontier County Treasurer’s Office in January 1955 under Faye Harwick. On Sept. 1, 1956, she was appointed Frontier County Treasurer after Mr. Harwick resigned. She filed 11 times and ran with no opposition. After 48 years, Marcile retired from the treasurer’s office in 2003. Her total years of service to Frontier County were 50 years and 7 months.

She enjoyed working with her hands, doing plastic canvas and embroidery work. She was active in bowling and dancing. She liked playing bridge, pitch, pinochle and card games. She was the treasurer of the Frontier County Historical Society. She was the secretary of the Friendship Circle Pitch Club in Stockville. In January 2015, she moved to Linden Court in North Platte.

Marcile was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Elma Perks, and sister and brother-in-law, Geraldine and Delbert Wilson.

Survivors include her daughter, Janet Marcile (Lee) Draper of Ogallala; brother, Marlin (Letha) Perks; grandson, Rick (Oksana) Goodwin; granddaughter, Robyn (Brad Jones) Goodwin; four great-grandsons, Kile (Maridale) Goodwin, Angus (Veronica) Goodwin, Slade McClain and Sage Vance; great-granddaughter, Heather (fiancé, Wes Bogenreif) Goodwin; great-great-grandson, Memphis Goodwin; and great-great-granddaughter, Laura Goodwin.

A special thanks to Linden Court for their excellent care.

Memorials are suggested to the Stockville Congregational Church or the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be shared at blasestrauser.com.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 19, at First United Methodist Church, 402 Center, Curtis, with Pastors Tunde Oladimeji and Jean Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the Curtis Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Curtis, which is in charge of arrangements.