GORDON, Petronilla "Nellie" (Johnson) Gordon 1881-1951

GORDON, JOHNSON, NELSON, DUMDIE, ANDERSON, HULSHIZER, OLSON, STRICKFORD, PURDY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 8/17/2011 at 12:49:48

Petronilla “Nellie” (Johnson) Gordon 1881-1951

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MOTHER OF 12 CHILDREN DIES

Carpenter – Mrs. Nellie Gordon, 69, died at her home here Saturday morning following an illness.

She was the widow of Ole Gordon who died in 1921 while farming near Carpenter.

Mrs. Gordon is survived by 12 children, 6 sisters and two brothers, 35 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services are incomplete.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday April 28, 1951

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Deer Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Tombstone: Petronilla Gordon..born December 5, 1881.. died April 28, 1951

Tomstone: Ole A. Gordon..born October 7, 1863..died September 8, 1920

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A note on the Iowa Gravestone site that is with Ole’s tombstone says:

Son of Nils O. Gordon & Stena Greta Nelson.
Husband of Petronella Nellie Johnson Gordon
Father of : Alma Sophia Johnson Dumdie, Nora Anderson, Nels, Olga Hulshizer, Alice Olson, Alice Olson, Anton, Arthur, Gladys Hulshizer, Roy, Clarice Olson, Ruth Stickford, Clarence (Lynn), and Olive Purdy