Jessie Myrtle (Jones) Nellis (1962)

DUNLAP, GILLELAND, JONES, NICHOLS, NELLIS, NELSON

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 11/12/2006 at 13:50:43

Winterset Madisonian
1962

MRS. MYRTLE NELLIS OF EARLHAM DIES

Mrs. Myrtle Nellis, long-time resident of Earlham, died Sunday, March 4, at a Winterset nursing home, where she had been a patient for the last two years. She was 79 years of age.

Mrs. Nellis was the widow of Ward Nellis of Earlham, whose death occurred about seven years ago.

She leaves three sons, Ivan and Delbert Nellis of Des Moines and Clyde Nellis of Florida; a daughter, Mrs. Helen E. Gilleland of Winterset; 20 grandchildren; and 30 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were to be held this Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the Earlham Methodist church, with burial in the Earlham cemetery.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, March 8, 1962

Services Held For Myrtle Nellis

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Earlham Methodist church for Mrs. Myrtle Nellis.

Rev. Stephen Cree, pastor of the church, was in charge.

Music was by Mrs. Marlin Brittain, organist; and Mrs. John Keller, soloist.

Casket bearers were Duane Gilleland, Marvin Gilleland, Norman Gilleland, Larry Gilleland, Darrell Nellis, John Williamson, Joseph Cunningham and LeRoy Fuller.

Burial was in the Earlham cemetery.

Mrs. Nellis had been in failing health for several years. She was 79 years old. Her obituary will be printed next week.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, March 15, 1962

Jessie Myrtle Jones, eldest daughter of Byron and Kate Loucks Jones, was born at Stuart, Iowa, January 11, 1883 and heard her summons to come up higher March 4, 1962 at Winterset, Iowa, at the age of 79 years, 1 month and 21 days, after a lingering illness.

Most of her childhood and youth were spent in Stuart, Iowa and vicinity. About 1900 she came with her parents to Earlham, Iowa. It was here she was united in marriage with Ward V. Nellis, December 27, 1906. To this union were born six children: Clyde, Ivan, Donald, Helen, Delbert and Erma. Her husband passed away November 22, 1945. Following his death, she made her home with a sister, Mrs. Rolland Dunlap in Des Moines for some years. Failing health made it necessary for her to be transferred to a nursing home in Winterset. A few months ago she was taken to the Horton Nursing Home where she remained until the time of her death.

Myrtle was a loving, busy mother and wife, ever caring for the needs of her household. But she was never too busy to lend aid to a neighbor and was especially helpful in times of sickness.

She was a member of the local Methodist church and was always interested in the work of the church and the Sunday School.

During her last, long illness she was patient and considerate of those who cared for her and was very appreciative of the remembrances and many acts of kindness shown her by her family and others. She was never a person to complain and always enjoyed visiting. She seldom spoke ill of another.

She is survived by three sons: Clyde of Monatee, Florida, Ivan and Delbert of Des Moines, (Donald passed away in 1943); one daughter, Helen Gilleland of Winterset, (Erma Nelson passed away in 1956); twenty grandchildren; thirty-eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Chloe Dunlap and Hazel Nichols, both of Shannon City, Iowa, and one brother, Clarence Jones of Seattle, Washington, besides a number of other relatives and friends.

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