Deborah Nelson’s favorite color was red, and she also loved flowers. So in honor of the much missed kindergarten teacher, who passed away this past July, a garden has been planted in her memory just outside of the kindergarten hallway at Syracuse Elementary School. Although the area does not have much color now, an array …read more.

The Syracuse Elementary Kindergarten team has decided to make a bracelet in memory of Deborah Nelson. It will be from Winona Lake’s MudLOVE and will feature the words “Just love ’em” and a red band. Nelson was a kindergarten teacher at Syracuse who passed away July 1. Nelson was always reminding her co-workers about the …read more.

Deborah Jean Nelson, 53, of Syracuse, Ind., passed away at 8:35 a.m., Monday, July 1, 2013, at her residence.(Photo provided) Due to the passing of Deborah Nelson, teacher at Syracuse Elementary School, Bowen Center mental health therapists, local pastors and school staff members will be available to talk with anyone about Nelson’s passing from 3 …read more.