Nancy Sallee

Nancy A. Foster Sallee of Camdenton died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at Lake Regional Health Systems in Osage Beach. She was 70.

Mrs. Sallee was born to Russell and Marguerite Eccles Foster on Dec. 11, 1931, in Eldon. She grew up in Camdenton and graduated from Camdenton High School in 1949.

She married Frank Sallee on Jan. 27, 1952.

Mrs. Sallee earned her bachelor’s degree in education from MU in 1978 after attending William Woods College in Fulton earlier. Mrs. Sallee taught school in Macks Creek, Mo., during the 1950s and later worked with her husband at the Camden County Bank during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1989, she began one of three terms as public administrator for Camden County, retiring on Dec. 31, 2000.

Mrs. Sallee belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Chapter CH of P.E.O. in Eldon, the Missouri Association of Public Administrators and the University of Missouri Alumni Association, where she served on its board of directors.

“She was a very active public servant,” said her son David Sallee.

Mrs. Sallee was always involved in the church. She was a long-time member of Community Christian Church in Camdenton, where she served as an elder. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, playing bridge with friends and enjoying the beauty of nature.

Mrs. Sallee is survived by two daughters, Debby Sallee Cook and her husband Bill of Columbia, and Linda Robbins and her husband Jerald of Monett, Mo.; two sons, Frank Foster Sallee and his wife Nancy A. Norton of Kansas City, Mo., and David Sallee and his wife, Lori, of Lebanon, Mo.; four grandchildren, Loyd Russell Cook, Jacob Abram Robbins, Elizabeth Norton Sallee and Carrie Ann Robbins; one brother, Joe V. Foster and his wife, Gene, of Independence; a sister-in-law, Mary Frances Sallee of Filley, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.

Her husband died earlier.

Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Community Christian Church. Services, conducted by the Rev. Tracy Carroll and the Rev. Colleen Carroll, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Community Christian Church.

Memorials may be sent to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or Community Christian Church.