Grace C. Nelson

NELSON, PIERSON, BERGMAN, KIRSCHBAUM, MANNING, RIEGE

Posted By: dbeier (email)
Date: 1/3/2009 at 13:52:54

INDEPENDENCE - Grace C. Nelson, age 97, of Independence, formerly of Britt, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 at West Village Care Center in Independence.

Funeral services for Grace Nelson will be held Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 10:30 A.M. at the Evangelical Free Church in Britt with Pastor Stan Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Britt.

Visitation will be held Monday, December 29, 2008 from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Ewing Funeral Chapel, 178 Center Street West, in Britt and continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Grace, the daughter of Ben and Anna (Pierson) Bergman, was born April 2, 1911, in Alexander, Iowa.

She was a member of the Evangelical Free Church until moving to Independence. She loved being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Grace was married to Clifford Merle Nelson on March 1935, at the Evangelical Free Church in Britt.

Survivors include: daughter, Linda Nelson of Independence; two grandchildren: Mark (Karen) Kirschbaum of Price Frederick, Maryland and Deanna (Mark) Manning of Urbandale, Iowa; four great-grandchildren: Alicia and Tyler Manning, Nicholas and Joshua Kirschbaum; sister, Beulah (Ralph) Riege of Sun City, California and many nieces and nephews.

Grace was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Anna Bergman; husband, Clifford Nelson; daughter Beverly Kirschbaum; two sisters, Delia and Pearl; four brothers, Bennie, John, Henry and Charlie.