Nellie McGimpsey Lund, 1913-1996

LUND, MCGIMPSEY

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 9/29/2010 at 17:08:55

Services for Nellie F. Lund, 83, of Rochester, formerly of Ringsted, are scheduled 1:30 p.m. Firday at First Presbyterian Church, Ringsted. Burial is in Ringsted Memorial Cemetery.

Lund died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester. Visitation is scheduled 4-7 p.m. today at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home, Ringsted.

Nellie F. Lund was born April 5, 1913, in Coal Valley, Ill., daughter of John and Ruby Kay McGimpsey. She received her education in Coal Valley schools, where she graduated from high school. She married Charles S. Lund Nov. 23, 1945, in Rock Island, Ill. the couple moved to Ringsted in 1948 and owned and operated Lund Drug Store until December 1975. He died Dec. 30, 1979. She moved to Rochester in April 1992.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Ringsted, Presbyterian Women and Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include: son, Charles “Fred” Lund and his wife, Theresa, of Granada; daughter , Janeane Hain and husband, Ernie, of Chatfield; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter and one brother.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota; November 7, 1996.