Delores "Dee" Louise (Nielsen) Wylie, 94, passed away February 12, 2025.

Dee was born on April 14, 1930 to Herbert and Mareta (Isaacson) Nielsen in Chambers, Nebraska. She served in the Navy as an RN where she met her husband, John O. Wylie Cdr. She graduated from Spalding College in 1973 with a Bachlor of Science in Nursing, and again in 1981 with a Master of Arts degree in Counseling and Psychology. Dee went to work in the healthcare field as a registered nurse and various clinical nursing areas. She raised her children in Jeffersonville and they attended First Baptist Church.

Dee loved music, especially playing the piano and guitar. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing. She enjoyed reading autobiographies, keeping up with current events, completing crosswords, watching baseball and classic films, and playing Bridge.

Dee is preceded in death by parents; siblings, Herb Nielsen, Harold Nielsen and Kay Nielsen Knigge.

Left to cherish her memories are her children, Diann Wylie Marley Marek (Bobby Marek), John David Wylie (Stephanie Wylie) and Jill Wylie King (Jason King). Grandchildren, Shannon Marley, Erin Marley Braunstein (Marcelo Braunstein), Jack Marley, Tennessee King Allgood (Michael Allgood), Carolina (Mimi) King, Georgia King, Matthew Wylie (Katy Wylie) and David Wylie (Lexi Bowman); great-grandchildren, Sadie Allgood, Hank Allgood, and Thomas John Wylie.

A private service for family will take place in California later this spring.