Arthur Ingwald Nelson (1897-1985)

NELSON, LARSON, RINGDAHL, KNOKE, OAKLAND, SKOGERBO

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/5/2025 at 00:59:15

From Story City Herald June 5, 1985 (page 7)

Arthur I. Nelson

Arthur I. Nelson, son of Abel and Anna Nelson, was born June 27, 1897, at Clarion, Iowa, where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He graduated from Lutheran Brethren High School in Fergus Falls, Minn. in 1914. On June 30, 1926, he married Laura Larson. Following their marriage they farmed near Geneview, Mont., Bisbee, N. D., and retired in 1963 to Story City.

Arthur Nelson died of a coronary on Saturday, May 25, 1985 at Little Rock, Ark. Funeral services were held May 28, at 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Story City, with the Reverends Orville Sanderson and Stephen Anenson officiating. Janet Olson, organist, accompanied the soloist, Kenneth Frette, with the songs, "Nearer Still Nearer" and "The Lord's Prayer." Casketbearers were Donald Hanson, Edwin Hauge, Hubert Tussey, Elmer Omvig, Russell Clayberg and Marvin Thompson. Burial was in the Story City Cemetery with the Soderstrum-Larson Funeral Home in charge.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and five sisters.

He is survived by his wife, Laura, Story City; one daughter, Almina Ringdahl, Little Rock, Ark.; one son, Hillman Nelson, Ames; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Ben Nelson, Polson, Mont.; five sisters, Gertrude Nelson, Spokane, Wash., Alma Knoke, Spokane, Stella Larson, Bisbee, N.D., Mabel Oakland, Sebeka, Minn., and Ruth Skogerbo, Owatonna, Minn.