Nellie Mae Roberts Fagen, 1896-1987

FAGEN, ROBERTS, WILLIAMS, MORROW, LUCHSINGER

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 6/20/2014 at 13:23:52

Nellie Mae Roberts Fagen
December 15, 1896
December 1987

Funeral services for Nellie Mae Fagen, 90, Spencer will be 11 a.m. at Warner Chapel, Spencer, The Rev. J. Landon Williams will officiate at the services.

Casket Bearers; Jerry Fagen, Steve Anderson, Jay Fagen, Larry Hanson, Chuck Fagen, Curtis Jones.

Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery, Spencer.

Mrs. Fagen died Monday at Longhouse Residence in Spencer.

The daughter of Thomas and Nannie Williams Roberts. Mrs. Fagen was born December 15, 1896 in Douglas Township in Clay County.

She married Howard Fagen on September 8, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spent her entire life in Clay County, living in the communities of Linn Grove and Rossie until moving to Spencer in 1935. they moved to Sioux Rapids in 1940 where they farmed until retiring and moving to town in 1950.

Mrs. Fagen was a longtime member of the First Christian Church of Spencer serving with Christian Woman's Fellowship. She was also a member of the Northwest Iowa Trail Riders.

Survivors include two sons and their wives, Ardail and Ruth of Humboldat and Eldon and Flo of Spencer; five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and three sisters, Myrtle Morrow of Royal, Hazel Morrow of Spencer and Genevieve Luchsinger of Yuma, Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and two sisters.

The Warner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Daily Reporter
December 9, 1987