Nels P. Paulson (1887-1962)

PAULSON, BERGMAN, HANSEN, BERGESON, BARGMAN, NELSON, WAYMAN, RUILLARD, LARSEN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/19/2013 at 10:34:53

From Ames Daily Tribune May 3, 1962

Obituary

NELS P. PAULSON

Funeral services for Nels P. Paulson, 85, former Ames man were held April 18 from Adams funeral Home here with the Rev. E. E. Peters of the Evangelical United Brethren Church officiating. Burial was in the Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Mr. Paulson who formerly lived at 1103 Kellogg Ave., died April 16 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alice Bergman, Des Moines. he had been in ill health for about four years.

Born June 6, 1887 in Denmark, he came to the Story City area as a small child. He retired as a farmer in 1945 and came to Ames.

He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Danish Brotherhood.

He and Katherine Hansen were married Feb. 20, 1901. She preceded him in death in 1957.

Survivors include three son, Franklin and Harris, both of Ames and Donald of Albert Lea, Minn.; three daughters, Mrs. Florence Bergeson of Ames and Mrs. Bargman and Mrs. Neah Mae Frank both of Des Moines; a brother, Henry and two sisters, Miss Neah Paulson and Mrs. Mary Nelson, all of Story City; 15 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Christine Wayman, Mrs. Lena Ruillard and Mrs. Elsie Larsen and three brothers, Pete, John and Cris.