Nellie Fraser 1882-1951

FRASER, MORSE, SPENCER, KEENE

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Date: 12/15/2021 at 09:11:15

November 15, 1951 - Monticello Express

WYOMING - Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Fraser, 69, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Reginald Morse, following a two months illness, was held in the Harrington funeral home in Wyoming at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. F. E. Somerville in charge. Burial and a graveside service were held in the Johnson Grove cemetery near Waterman, Ill., Sunday afternoon.

The deceased was born April 1, 1882 at Waterman, where she grew to womanhood and was married to Lyman Fraser in 1905. Mr. Fraser died in August, 1944. For many years the home was on farms near Humboldt and Estherville, Iowa. About 15 years ago they purchased the Maple farm, north of Wyoming, but in 1944 retired to Wyoming. She was a member of the Methodist church in Waterman.

Survivors are a son, Arch, of Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Mrs. Reginald (Mabel) Morse of Wyoming; two grandsons, and two sisters, Mrs. Willard Spencer of Waterman, Ill., and Mrs. Clyde Keene of DeKalb, Ill. A son died 16 years ago.