Lydia Benz Nelson 1861-1914

NELSON, BENZ, COCKLIN, JEFFRIES, DERBY

Posted By: Judy Kelley, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/23/2010 at 17:56:17

Source: LCHS scrapbook, handwritten date of 1914

Mrs. W.F. Nelson Dies After An Operation

Mrs. Nelson Died Suddenly Last Thursday After Operation For Appendicitis

Mrs. W.F. Nelson, wife of Supervisor Nelson, passed away suddenly at her home east of town on Thursday, June 18, at about 6 p.m. Mrs. Nelson had undergone an operation for appendicitis that morning about 10 o'clock and it was thought that she was safely on the road to recovery, but suddenly without seemingly any warning, death came.

Lydia Benz, daughter of Mathias and Lucy Benz was born Jan. 6, 1861, at Muscatine, Iowa, and died at her home near Wapello, on June 18, 1914, aged 53 years, 5 months and 12 days. She was united in marriage to Wm. F. Nelson, to which union five children were born: Mollie, Ruth and Bert, residing at home; Mrs. Charles Cocklin of near Grandview, and Charles, who is now on his way home from the Phillippines, where he has been in the U.S. army. Besides the husband and children, she is survived by two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Mollie Jeffries, of Muscatine; Mrs. Anna Derby, of Wapello, and Jacob Benz of Grandview. One brother and one sister have preceded her in death.

She was a woman of strong character, an earnest Christian whose helpful influences will be sorely missed, and an untiring worker in the home.

The funeral services were conducted at Grandview
by Rev. Miller of the Evangelical ..... (incomplete)