Retha G. Smith Kessel Nelson 1907-1988

SMITH, CRANE, KESSEL, NELSON, CARTER, LEEPER, OUTLAND

Posted By: Cathy Labath (email)
Date: 1/28/2006 at 20:48:15

From Funeral Card:

Retha G. Nelson, 80, of R.R. 4, Fairfield, died at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center. [2 Aug 1988]

She was born in Lockridge, Iowa the daughter of Charlie and Nellie Crane Smith. She married Ralph Kessel, April 26, 1927 and he died June 30, 1949. On August 18, 1951 she married George Nelson and he died March 16, 1967.

Retha is survived by 3 daughters, Ruth Carter, Scottsdale, Az., Helen Leeper, Fairfield, Ia., Vivian Outland, Carlisle, Ia, 6 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and one brother, Cecil Smith of Baraboo, Wisconsin.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Orril Smith.

Retha lived in Lockridge until 1926 when she moved to Center Township in Jefferson County.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, and had worked for 25 years at Jefferson County Hospital.

Musicians: Albert and Goldie Benda

Casket Bearers: Bob Berg, Dean Holst, Richard Jewell, George Kessel, Dave Reiff, Lowell Smith, Gary Sparks.

Final Resting Place Evergreen Cemetery.

[Retha Smith Kessel Nelson was my grandmother].

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