Nelson, Emma died 1961

NELSON, CHESIRE

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/26/2016 at 20:16:22

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Sun., 5 Mar. 1961.

Waukon- Miss Emma Nelson, 92, Lansing's oldest resident, died Saturday at a nursing home here.

Miss Nelson was injured in a fall in her home about two months ago. Taken to Waukon Hospital, she was later transferred to Iowa City Hospital and then returned to a Waukon nursing home.

Funeral arrangements are being made by Burke Funeral Parlors.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Mon., 6 Mar. 1961.

Lansing, Ia.- Services for Miss Emma Nelson, 92, who died Saturday at a Nashua, Ia., nursing home, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Burke Home in Lansing.

Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery.

Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Martha Chesire, Marshalltown, Ia.; and one brother, Leonard Nelson, Chicago.