Gaile Nellett, 83, of Marseilles, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2025 at her home.

Visitation will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 5 at Seals-Campbell Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Ghislain Inai, a close family friend officiating. Burial will be in Nichol Cemetery in Marseilles.

Gaile was born November 5, 1941, in Ottawa, IL, to Edwin and Mabel (Higgins) Hausaman. In 1988 she married Henry Nellett who preceded her in death in 2019.

She was a member of St. Joseph and St. Patrick's Catholic Churches. She was an accomplished seamstress.

She graduated in 1974 from IVCC with an Associates in Nursing. She was employed as a nurse at Community Hospital of Ottawa for many years. She received her Doctorate of Nursing from Loyola University in 1995. She was a professor at University of Saint Francis in Joliet until her retirement.

Gaile is survived by her four children, Anne (Dave) Barsi of Blue River, WI, Sarah (Ernie) Manz of Marseilles, Susan (Tony) Roberts of Ottawa, and James (Rosario) Machiorletti of Antioch, CA; her fourteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and her brother, Wayne (Karen) Hausaman of Indianapolis, IN.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Nellett; her daughter, Julie Bales; and her granddaughter, Sonja Machiorletti.

Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association and St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish, 200 Broadway St., Marseilles, IL 61341.

Pallbearers will be Tony Roberts, AJ Machiorletti, Ernie Manz, Joe Roberts, Nate Roberts, and Eli Roberts.

Seals-Campbell Funeral Home

1009 E. Bluff St., Marseilles, IL 61341

815-795-5151 www.sealscampbell.com