Nora J. Sabel

October 26, 1926 - February 1, 2021

Nora Jane Sabel, 94, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021, at St. Agnes Hospital. She was born on October 26, 1926, the daughter of John and Ellen Burgess Wood. On September 30, 1950, she married Charles “Chuck” A. Sabel, at Presentation Church, North Fond du Lac. He preceded her in death on January 15, 2007. Nora was an RN at St. Agnes Hospital, The Boyle Home and St. Francis Home. She was a member of Holy Family Parish. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed dancing, playing cards, gambling and baking cookies (she was the cookie lady). She is survived by her children: Dan (Gayle) Sabel, Jim (Kimberly) Sabel, Marlene (Bill) Cary, Nancy (Rick) Pflum and Diane (Dan) Klaske; nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, her sister Lorraine Higuchi, her sisters and brothers-in-law: Therese Wood, Dorothy Wood, Artis Sabel, Myrtle Sabel, Agnes Perry, Don and Lois Sabel and Gordon and Inez Sabel and many nieces, nephews and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles, her parents John and Ellen Wood, her mother and father-in-law: Ben and Marcella Sabel; two sisters: Aileen Zamzow and Alice Hoeppner; four brothers: Hank, Frank, John and David Wood, sisters-in-law: Dorothy Sabel, Marie Kraus and Gladys Langenfeld; brothers-in-law: Gilbert, Oscar, Harold and Richard Sabel, Darrold Hoeppner, Joe Zamzow, Don Perry, Jerry Langenfeld and Lawrence Kraus. Due to Covid and Nora’s request, a private family service is planned.