Nellie Maria Kaplan, age 86, of Surf City passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter in Wilmington.

She was born June 14, 1930 in Leland, North Carolina the daughter of the late Leon C. Millinor and Mary Ethel Mintz Millinor. She is also preceded in death by her loving husband, Irwin Kaplan.

Nellie enjoyed the company of her friends at the local Surf City Community Center and was active in playing a favorite card game there named hand and foot. She was an out spoken lady with a dry sense of humor that will be deeply missed by all.

Left to cherish her memory are her three nieces, Marianne Poss and husband Douglas, Vicky Clark and husband Denny, and Kathy Liskey; great nieces and nephews, Jonathan, Brandi and Patrick Poss and Colette Fate; and numerous other loving family and friends.

A memorial service will be held 11:30 AM Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Surf City Community Center and a private family service will be held at a later date in Maryland.

Memorials may be made to the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

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Quinn McGowen Wilmington Chapel, 315 Willow Woods Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409. 910.794.7171