Alberta M. “Bert” Nilan, 84, of New London, PA passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at home. Born in Kemblesville, PA she was the daughter of the late Albert Raymouth and Anna Irene Hunter Mote. Bert was an active member of the Landenberg United Methodist Church and attended New London Methodist Church where she sang in the New London Community Choir. She owned and operated with her son, Tim Sylmar Products, Oxford for 13 years. In 1954, Bert was crowned May Queen of Avon Grove High School. She received her Secretary of Student Nurses Associates of DE in 1957 from Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, DE. In 1957, she attended the International Nurses Convention in Rome, Italy and was in the audience with Pope Pius XII and attended a nurses’ convention in Chicago, IL where she saw John Wayne and Lowell Thomas. Bert was awarded the Kennett Professional Business and Woman of the year in June, 1994 and in June, 1987 she received Women of the Year from the Chester County Press.
She had a love for life and was hardworking. Bert enjoyed lawn work, gardening, baking cakes and especially her grandchildren. She is survived by her two sons, Thomas Walter Nilan, Jr and Timothy Scott Nilan; three grandchildren, Allison Elizabeth Nilan, Thomas Sean Nilan and Miranda Olivia Nilan; and one sister, Dorothy Joan Mote Whiteside. She was preceded in death by a sister, Florence Irene Reel. Family and friends may visit from 10 - 11 am Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 at New London Presbyterian Church, 1986 Newark Rd., New London and from 6 – 8 pm Friday at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc., 86 Pine St., Oxford. Service and interment are private. Arrangements are being handled by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. Oxford, PA. On-line condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com. Comments are closed.
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