Anna Marie Neishell, loved to craft

Anna Marie Neishell, 81, of Dagsboro, formerly of Linwood, Pa., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, surrounded by her loving family at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes.

Marie was born in Chester, Pa., Jan. 3, 1942, daughter of the late Francis Dugan and Anna Mae (Craft) Leonard. She had a variety of jobs, from working at First Pennsylvania Bank in Philadelphia to working as a fabricator for Visco’s and serving as an office manager prior to her retirement from Powell Landscaping.  

Marie loved to craft! She enjoyed making crafts out of seashells with her daughter, Jo Ann, and also crocheting and designing beautiful stained glass. Marie’s kitchen was her domain, as she was a talented cook and baker.  

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, William Dugan. She is survived by her loving husband of 62 ½ years, Joseph L. Neishell; a daughter, Jo Ann Pullin and her husband Kevin of Dagsboro; a son, John Neishell and his fiancée Tammy Byers of Clarksville; a granddaughter, Holly Pierson and her fiancé Benjamin Baffone of Newark; and two great-grandchildren, Harper and Noah Baffone, both of Newark. Marie is also survived by a brother, Martin Leonard and his wife Janice of Aston, Pa.; three sisters, Barbara Goodman and her husband Jack of Conway, S.C., Patricia Jones of Newark, and Lisa Brown and her husband Ron of Forksville, Pa; a sister-in-law, Cheryl Duan of Boothwyn, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews.  

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 35318 Church Road, Frankford, where friends and family may call after 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Dagsboro.

Online condolences can be made by visiting melsonfuneralservices.com.