TRAVERSE CITY — Anastasia "Nellie" Pullen passed away peacefully at Munson Medical Center June 20, 2011, at the age of 98.She was born to Fedor and Anna Husak on March 10, 1913, in Aaron, Saskatchewan, Canada. Nellie, affectionately known by friends and family as "Grandma Nell," loved and cherished her family foremost, along with playing cards with her favorite card partner, Carole Fraser; gardening and flowers; playing harmonica; watching and feeding the birds and wildlife; polka music; enjoying a glass of sweet red wine each day; and eating food with lots of fresh garlic cloves.Nellie never lost her sense of humor and found it easy to laugh with her friends and family and at herself. She was a long-time member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Grawn, and found time each day to pray to and thank God for all the blessings which were bestowed upon her.Nellie enriched the lives of everyone around her and she will be sorely missed by all of those who had the great fortune to know her.Nellie was preceded in death by her ex-husband, Harlow Pullen; her three brothers and three sisters, Steve, Jim, Mike, Mary, Bessie, and Anna, respectively; grandson, Barry Joseph Golden; and grandson, Robert Babineau.She is survived by her two loving daughters, Mary Dee Clark and Joyce "Hap" (Randall) DeLine, all of Interlochen; along with six grandchildren, Brad Herzfeld (partner Karen Pierce), of Interlochen, Kelly Herzfeld, of Queens, N.Y., Tiffany (Jason) Intardonato, of Long Island, N.Y., Douglas DeLine, of Buckley, Teresa (Justin) Amenson, of Interlochen, and Tom (Toni) Babineau, of W. Bloomfield; great-grandchildren, Kyle, Samantha, Zoe and Cooper; great-great-grandchildren, Summer and Skyler; and many beloved nieces and nephews.A memorial gathering celebrating Nellie's life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24, at the home of Randy and Hap DeLine in Interlochen.Memorial contributions can be made in Nellie's memory to the Cherryland Humane Society.The family is being served by Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.