of Marianna, AR

August 1, 1942 - February 20, 2024

Nada Sauer DeSalvo, 81, died peacefully on February 20, 2024 at her home in Marianna, Arkansas. She was born August 1, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Alfred Ernst Sauer and Nada Bigalli Sauer. She was raised in Kansas City, Missouri and received her AB in Biology from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Nada received her MS in Plant Pathology from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and accrued additional graduate hours in gifted education and science from UCA and ASU.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Vince DeSalvo; daughter, Dina of Marianna; daughter, IIyse (Chris) Howard of Forrest City and grandson, Seth Howard and granddaughter, Emma Howard; sister, IIyse (Tom) Moore of Overland Park, Kansas and brother, Frederick (Linda) Sauer of Kansas City, Missouri; sister-in-law, Jan Kirby and a number of beloved nieces and nephews and their families.

She is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Alfred Ernst Sauer, III.

Nada was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Marianna where she served on the altar guild. She was a life member of the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Delta Kappa Gamma, P.E.O., Arkansas Science Teachers Association, the National Science Teachers Association and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.

In 1982 she was asked to fill a temporary vacancy in chemistry at Lee High School. She accepted and thus discovered her true vocation and began a twenty-eight-year career as a teacher of chemistry and science. She loved teaching and treasured her students.

Nada loved gardening, cooking, sewing and reading. Her more active pastimes included sailing on Greers Ferry Lake, in the British Virgin Islands and in the Florida Keys and canoeing on the Buffalo and Spring Rivers.

She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend.

Memorial services will be held at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 2, 2024 in Marianna, Arkansas.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, PO box 241, Marianna, AR 72360 or to the Arkansas Community Foundation of Lee County, 130 Robertson Ave., Marianna, AR 72360.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Citizens Funeral Home
621 West Chestnut Street
Marianna, AR  72360
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