Nelson Obituaries

OBITUARIES OF SOME OF MY RELATIVES From The Waupaca (Wisconsin) County Post & other sources. SAMUEL NELSON (my mother's father) Samuel Nelson died August 26th, 1934, at Muscatine, Iowa, after several months illness. Deceased, the son of Peter and Hannah Nelson, was born April 12, 1868, in Denmark and came to the United States in 1869, the family first making their home in Oshkosh. On January 28, 1897, he was married to Miss Minnie King, who with the following sons and daughters are left to mourn his loss: Alta of Kenosha; Esther, teacher in Granite Quarry District; Arthur, at home; and Maude. There is also one sister, Mrs. Hans Olson, of Blaine. Funeral services were held at the Almond Funeral Home Wednesday at 1:30 and at 2:30 from Blaine Church. Rev. Joseph E. Cheek of Parfreyville officiating, interment was in Belmont Cemetery. MINNIE BERTHA NELSON (nee King) (my mother's mother) Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on August 20, 1955, at the Holly Funeral Home for Mrs. Minnie Nelson, 80, of 122 Pine Street, who died at 6:45 p.m. on August 17 at the Manawa Convalescent Home after six weeks illness. Rev. Julius Olson will officiate, with burial in the First Belmont Cemetery, town of Belmont, Portage County. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4:00 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Nelson had spent the last 10 days at the Manawa home and prior to that had been a patient at Mirror Lake Hospital, Waupaca. Mrs. Nelson was born on June 19, 1875, in the town of Almond, Portage County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary (Urban) King. She was married to Samuel Nelson in 1897 at Almond. For the past two years she has resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Neiswender. Survivors include two daughters, Esther (Mrs. Neiswender) of Waupaca, and Miss Maude Nelson, Washington; one son, Arthur, on the farm home in Almond; two brothers, Henry and Emil King, both of Almond; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death. MAUDE ANN NELSON (my mother) Maude A. Nelson, 67, N. Division Street, Waupaca, died at 2:45 Thursday morning, March 30, 1972, at Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah, where she was a patient for three months. She was born June 28, 1904, in the town of Portage county. She is survived by one son, Robert Babin, Palos Verdes, California, one grandson, and one sister, Esther Neiswender. ESTHER BERTHA NEISWENDER (nee Nelson) (my mother's sister) Esther B. Neiswender, 82, 122 Pine St., Waupaca, died on April 19, 1980, at 10:17 a.m. at the Riverview Nursing Home, Waupaca. She was born on December 2, 1897, in the town of Almond, Portage County, and was married to Claude Neiswender who survives. She is also survived by nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Monday, April 21 at 1:30 pm at the Holly Funeral Home, Waupaca, with Father Melvin L. Low, St. Mark's Episcopal Church officiating. Burial was in the First Belmont Cemetery, Portage County. Holly Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ALTA MARIE NELSON (my mother's sister) Mrs. Alta Nelson, 54, was a teacher in this vicinity for 17 years, but has been in ill health for the past several years. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Minnie B. Nelson; her daughter, Mrs. George Jeffers, both of Waupaca; two sisters, Esther, Waupaca, and Maude, Washington, D.C.; a brother Arthur, Almond; and two granddaughters and a nephew.

ARTHUR RONALD NELSON (my mother's brother) Arthur Ronald Nelson, 55, of the town of Almond in Portage County, died after a nine-week illness at the Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison. Mr. Nelson died September 22, 1956, and was born October 18, 1901 in the town of Almond and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nelson. Nelson, having been born and reared on the family homestead, married Mar ion Robinson December 22, 1934. Survivors besides his wife are two sisters, Mrs. Esther Neiswender of Waupaca and Maude Nelson of Washington, D.C. Also surviving are a niece and one nephew. Preceding him in death, beside his parents, was a sister, Alta. MARION B. NELSON (nee Robinson) (my uncle Arthur's wife) Marion B. Nelson, 76, 106 Osborn Street, died at 6:50 p.m. on August 16, 1974, at Riverview Nursing Home. A former teacher in Waushara and Portage County schools, she was born January 19, 1898, in the Town of Marion, Waushara County, and was married December 22, 1934, in Neshkoro to Arthur Nelson, who preceded her in death in 1956. She graduated from Neshkoro high school in 1916 and from Waushara County Normal in 1917. Two brothers, Lawrence Robinson, Waupun, and Clifford Robinson, Racine, survive. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Holly Funeral Home with the Reverend Barry Shaw, pastor of United Method ist Church officiating. Burial was in First Belmont Cemetery, town of Belmont. Pallbearers were Richard Vaughn, Leonard Morgan, Leonard Vaughn, Lawrence Vroman, Harry Vaughn, and Arnold Rasmussen. ELMER OLSON (son of my maternal grandfather's sister & a close friend of Arthur) Elmer Olson, 40, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Olson of the town of Belmont, died at the Wisconsin Veterans' Home Hospital Saturday night (29 November 1938) as a result of burns received that day, when gasoline exploded while he was refilling the fuel tank of a tractor which had run dry while he was plowing in a field at the home of his parents. The gasoline had evidently spilled over on the hot motor and ignited. The tractor was not running at the time of the accident. The victim, who was alone in the field, fought the blazing gasoline on his person with his hands and then lay on the ground and rolled until the flames were extinguished. He then walked to his car, which was parked on the opposite side of the field, and drove to the Blaine Store, about a mile away. There he asked for gasoline for his car, saying he was going to drive to the hospital, eight miles away. Realizing the con dition of Mr. Olson, Clarence George, proprietor of the store, accompa nied him to the hospital, where he walked into the hospital and was con scious until his death some time later. At the time Mr. Olson reached the store his clothes were practically burned off his body, and he told Mr. George that had he immediately rolled on the ground instead of fighting the fire with his hands, his burns would probably not have been so severe. The victim, who weighed more than two hundred pounds, was in splendid physical condition, and it was this fact that made it possible for him to endure the trip to the store and hospital. Elmer Olson was born March 28th, 1898, in the Town of Belmont and had since resided there. He enlisted in the World War service in January 1918 and was discharged in October 1919, after taking part in six bat He served as corporal in a first artillery corps and also in the Army of Occupation. He was a member of the Almond American Legion post and was commander at time of his death. He was also a member of the Al mond Masonic order and of the Lanark Modern Woodsmen.

Those surviving are his parents and a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson of Milwaukee. Services were held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Olson home and at 2:00 p.m. at the Blaine Methodist Church. Interment was made at the First Belmont Cemetery. The Almond American Legion Post conducted services at the grave and a National Guard firing squad fired a salute. ALBERT OLSON (son of my maternal grandfather's sister; Elmer's brother) Albert F. Olson, 69, route 2, Almond, died at 6:25 Monday evening, August 30, 1971, at Riverside Community Hospital, Waupaca. A retired sheet-metal worker, he was born March 30, 1902, in the Town of Belmont. He married Estelle Staresta November 15, 1927, and was later employed by Billie Sheet Metal Crafters at Waupaca. Mr. Olson is survived by his widow; a son William, Route 3, Waupaca; two daughters, Mrs. John (Delores) Reuter, Avoca, and Mrs. Bernard (Donna) Rickel, Route 3, Waupaca; and by 15 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Elmer. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, September 2, at the Goult-Patterson-Hardell Funeral Home in Almond. The Rev. A. Peterson of Trinity Lutheran Church at Waupaca officiated and burial followed in the First Belmont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leonard, Richard, and Harry Vaughn, Paul Christoforo, Elmer Garma, and Ted Boksa. Robert S. Babin Rancho Palos Verdes, California 12 October 1991 SUMMARY Samuel Nelson: 1868 1934 Elmer Olson : 1898 1938 Minnie Nelson: 1875 1955 Alta Nelson : 1902 1956 Arthur Nelson: 1901 1956 Albert Olson : 1902 1971 Maude Nelson : 1904 1972 Marion Nelson: 1898 1974 Esther Nelson: 1897 1980 Robert S. Babin 9 July 1998 /var/www/apps/pdfcoke/pdfcoke/tmp/scratch0/9116342.doc