William Nelson, 1877-1965

NELSON

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/28/2009 at 09:24:20

Final Rites Held Today for William L. Nelson

Funeral services were scheduled for William Nelson, 87, life-time Emmet County resident, today at the Reese funeral Home at 2 p.m. Family serives were to be held at 1:30 p.m.

Mr. Nelson who died at 3 a.m. Saturday [3 Apr 1965] had been living at the Good Samaritan Home for the past five years. He had been in failing health for the past six weeks.

Willliam L. Nelson was born May 23, 1877 on a farm east of Wallingford. He was born in a log house.

His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Lars Nelson, and he received his education in rural Wallingford schools. On Dec. 16, 1908, he married Ida Monson. They spent their entire life in Emmet County and farmed near Wallingford.

In 1956 Mr. Nelson moved to Cooks Rest Home in Estherville, and in 1960 he moved to the Good Samaritan Home. He was a life-long member of the Wallingford Lutheran church.

Mr. Nelson is survived by two sons,Theodore and Delmer of Estherville, two daughters, Mrs. Leslie (Lenora) Sidles, and Mrs. Stella Daily; five grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, two brothers and four sisters.

Rev. Robert Glaser was to officiate at the service and burial was to be in Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, April 5, 1965.