Tammey M. Nelson

Tammey Maria Nelson was born in Swindon, England on April 4, 1958, to Thomas and Deanna Nelson. She passed away on March 4, 2026.

Tammey graduated from Wichita East High School in 1976 and soon after earned her nursing license in 1978. She devoted the next 45 years of her life to a nursing career, caring for others with skill, patience, and deep compassion.

Her greatest joy was her family. Tammey raised her own children and opened her heart and home as a foster parent, later adopting several children and raising them as her own. Through this selfless commitment, she built a large and loving family grounded in guidance and protection.

She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Nelson Sr., in 2011. Tammey is survived by her mother, Deanna Nelson of Wichita, Kansas; her daughter, Dominique Nelson of Wichita, Kansas; her son, Darcus Wickliffe of Wichita, Kansas; and her adopted children, Sasha Nelson, Aaliyah Nelson, Alandrea Nelson, Ronnie Nelson, and Leo Nelson, all of Wichita, Kansas. She is also survived by her sister, Tailinda M. Nelson of Wichita, Kansas; her brothers, Thomas L. Nelson, Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska, Timothy L. Nelson (Tracey) of Southampton, Pennsylvania, and Theodore L. Nelson (Hillary) of Wichita, Kansas; along with her beloved grandchildren, extended family, colleagues, and many friends whose lives were touched by her kindness and generosity.

Tammey will be remembered as a woman whose heart was large enough to create family wherever love was needed. Her legacy lives on in the children she raised, the patients she cared for, and the compassion she showed to all who crossed her path. Her life was defined by service, and the impact of her care will continue through every life she touched.