Emily Morgenstern Obituary

Nella Morgenstern DECATUR, AL - Funeral services for Emily Nella Dean Williams McLaughlin Morgenstern, 79, of Decatur will be Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1:00 P.M with Rev. Robert Partridge officiating. The service will be held at Fairview Baptist Church on Hwy 278 in Addison, Alabama her birthplace. Her ashes will be interred following the services at the cemetery at Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Morgenstern, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Nella "Williams" moved from Addison to Tuscumbia, AL as a young girl and remained there until 1971 when she moved to Hartselle, AL to further her career. In 1976, she married Eric Uwe Morgenstern, a German NATO officer stationed in Huntsville and through the marriage added a beautiful two year old daughter to her life, named Katja. Later, the family moved to Germany where Nella enjoyed her life-long dream of traveling in Europe. After several years, the family returned to the states and Nella returned to school to earn a BA in History at UNA. She was offered a full scholarship at Chapel Hill, NC but was unable to accept due to a family illness. Nella and family then moved to Charleston, SC where she continued her education earning a Masters in Counseling from The Citadel. Nella worked 16 years as an inpatient drug and alcohol counselor and later opened her own private practice for a brief while. Mrs. Morgenstern returned to her home in Alabama in 2013 to be closer to family. She is preceded in death by her sister, Faye Williams Bailey, her brothers, Ray Williams and Jackie Williams, and her parents Mamie Guyton and Leroy Williams. Survivors include her husband, Eric Morgenstern, her children Charlene, Pamela, Michael and Katja, her grandson, Sean Kilpatrick, four great-grandchildren, her beloved sister, Dura Buccellato and her many nieces, nephews and cousins. The loss of her love in the lives of those who loved her is irreplaceable but she lives on in all who knew and loved her. The family has requested that any flower offering be delivered to 3012 Concord Lane, Decatur, AL 35603. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston