Frances L. Nageldinger

Dundee, NY February 14, 1928 – December 10, 2012 Age 84

Frances L. "Sandy" Axtell Nageldinger

Dundee: Frances L. "Sandy" Axtell Nageldinger, age 84, of Dundee, NY, died Monday, December 10, 2012, at Schuyler Hospital, Montour Falls, N.Y. Friends are invited to call from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 13) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee; where a funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday (Dec. 14) with Lay Pastor Priscilla Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions be made to the Dundee Fire Company Emergency Squad, 12 Union St., Dundee, 14837.

Frances was born February 14, 1928, in Bath, NY, the daughter of the late Ernest and Stella Bailey Johns. She was raised in the Ira Davenport Home for Girls in Bath until the age of sixteen, when she went to live with her sister Susie Harkness. In October of 1948, she married Lawrence Axtell, with whom she had three children. A lifelong local resident, "Sandy" worked for several years as a Deck Builder for Penn Yan Boat Company in the mid-1960s, which is where she met her second husband. On December 31, 1966, in Dundee, she married Floyd R. "Dick" Nageldinger, and instantly became the mother of five more children. After 28 years together, Floyd passed away on May 22, 1994.

A loving mother and grandmother, who welcomed her children's friends into her home when they needed a safe place to stay; it was only natural to become a full-time caregiver, working at the Hollister Street Veterans Home for many years, retiring in 2000.

She is loved and will be dearly missed by three sons, Richard L. (Helen) Axtell Sr., with whom she made her home, Larry C. (Toni) Nageldinger, R. Dwyte Nageldinger, both of Dundee; two daughters, Barbara A. Champlin, also of Dundee, Cathy E. Krnotch of Montour Falls; 20 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by two sons, Troy in 1979, Edward in 1992, a daughter, Theresa in 2010; two brothers, and two sisters.

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