Gladys Irene (Allie) Nelson (1917-2009)
NELSON, ALLIE, JOHNSTON, SMITH-NELSON, SMITH, EGEMO, HANDLY, ARCHESKE, SCHILLING, THOMAS, KUERKES, WRIGHT, ROWE, LEE
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/5/2009 at 22:14:25
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, May 5, 2009.
Gladys Irene (Allie) Nelson, 91, of Story City, formerly of Harrison Township, Boone County, died of heart failure Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Story City, where she was living with her daughter, Joyce, for the past eight years. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at Mackey United Methodist Church at 130th Street and V Avenue in northeast Boone County. Margaret Aiseayew will officiate. Burial will be in Harrison Township Cemetery, next to Mackey United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. and an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, at Walter-Schroeder Funeral Home at Fifth and Story streets in Boone. Visitation will continue from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, then from 11:30 a.m. to the service time at the church.
Gladys Irene (Allie) Nelson was born Sept. 25, 1917, to Jesse and Stella (Johnston) Allie. She and Robert Ed Nelson were the first couple to be married at the present Mackey United Methodist Church in Boone County on June 21, 1943. To this union was born one beloved son, Roger Eugene, in 1946. She liked to tell the story about the great thunder/rain storm the day of their wedding and that guests had to spend the night at her parents’ home two miles from the church because of washed-out roads.
She attended country schools in Hamilton and Boone counties through eighth grade. She farmed alongside her husband for 56 years and also assisted him delivering the Des Moines Sunday and daily papers for seven years, mowing Harrison Township Cemetery next to Mackey United Methodist Church, delivering eggs in Ames and Boone for many years and just being a good neighbor. She had been a member of Mackey United Methodist Church since grade school and remained active until her death. Throughout her life, she was an active member of the Farm Bureau, the Daughters of American Revolution (Ames Chapter), the White Shrine of Ames, the Amaranth Court No. 6 of Ames, the Order of the Eastern Star of Boone, plus served two terms as Worthy Matron along with other offices in the Magi Chapter No. 139.
She was well known for her positive attitude, creative cake decorating, sewing, many crafts, and her special ways with children. Her grandchildren especially liked their special birthday cakes and her homemade chicken and noodles. The basic values and work ethic that were instilled by her parents remained with her throughout life.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Joyce (Smith-Nelson) and Larry Egemo, of Story City; two grandchildren, Beth Ann (Egemo) Handly and her husband, Brad, of Waupaca, Wis., and Martin Dean Egemo, of Mesa, Ariz.; two great-grandchildren, Chase Allen Handly and Mia Rose Handly, of Waupaca, Wis.; one brother-in-law, Ray Archeske; nieces and nephews, Tom Allie, Diane (Allie) Schilling, Gail (Allie) Thomas, Kristy (Allie) Duerkes, Donna (Archeske) Wright, Mark Archeske, David Archeske, Florence (Lee) Rowe, and Frank Lee; and cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Nelson; one son, Roger Nelson; her parents; one brother, Lester Allie; and one sister, Ruby Archeske.
Memorials may be given to the family, to be used at their discretion.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.walter-schroederfuneralhome.com.
Walter-Schroeder Funeral Home at Fifth and Story streets in Boone is in charge of arrangements.
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