Sarah Lou (Alcorn) Nelson (1959)

NELSON, ALCORN, PATTON, BAILEY, CAMERON, RAGAN

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Date: 3/20/2006 at 14:42:22

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
December 9, 1959 – page 2

MRS. LOU NELSON, 91, DIED HERE MONDAY

Mrs. Lou Nelson, one of Winterset’s oldest residents, died Monday, Dec. 7 at a nursing home here. She was 91 years of age.

Mrs. Nelson had been a resident of Winterset the last 52 years. Members of her immediate family include two daughters, Mrs. Charlie Cameron of Afton and Mrs. Arthur Cameron of Leon; a son, Ray Patton of Winterset; and a niece, Mrs. Willis Bailey of Winterset.

Funeral services will be held from the Winterset Christian church this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The body will be at Richard’s Funeral home Wednesday evening.
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Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
December 16, 1959 – page 2

MRS. LOU NELSON WAS NATIVE OF KENTUCKY

Mrs. Sarah Lou Nelson, whose death occurred at a nursing home here Dec. 7, was a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She was the former Sarah Alcorn, and was born there Feb. 26, 1868, a daughter of Albert and Myrtilla Alcorn. Her early life was spent in that community.

She was married Feb. 21, 1891, to Francis M. Patton of Louisville. They moved to a farm near Litchfield, Nebraska, to establish their home. With the exception of a year in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, they lived there until 1908, when they came to Winterset. Shortly after they arrived here, the husband and father died. The remainder of her life was spent in this community.

In 1912 she was married to Madison Nelson of Des Moines. His death occurred in 1928.

Mrs. Nelson was a life-long member of the Christian church. In Nebraska, she was affiliated with Eastern Star. She had been a member of the Winterset Christian church for 52 years, and was in the Women’s society and Loyal Workers Sunday school class.

She had been (an) invalid since receiving a fractured hip in a fall five years ago.

She is survived by four children, Mrs. Bertha Bailey of Winterset, Mrs. Charlie Cameron of Afton, Mrs. Arthur Cameron of Leon, and Ray Patton of Winterset; a niece, Mrs. Willis Bailey of Winterset; twenty-four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She also leaves a brother, Joe Alcorn of Louisville, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her twin daughters, Mrs. Ora Ragan, who died in 1922, and Mrs. Dola Ragan, whose death occurred in 1958.

Funeral services were held last Thursday from the Winterset Christian church.