Eloise (Brown) Neslund (1894-1954)

BROWN, NESLUND, JOHNSON, ARLAND

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 6/21/2023 at 17:34:30

From The Slater News June 17, 1954 (page 1)

Former Resident Died in Des Moines

Services for Mrs. Eloise Brown Neslund were held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock in Arnold's Highland Park Funeral Home. Rev. H. William Sorenson presided and used as his text John 11:25-26, "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die."

Patricia Brown sang "The Old Rugged Cross."

Pallbearers were Roy Cole, Kermit Granseth, Truman Brown, Melvin Brown, John Brown and Milo Jorgenson.

Burial was in Glendale Cemetery.

Obituary.

Mrs. Eloise Brown Neslund, daughter of Martin and Inger Brown was born near Slater Sept. 19, 1894 and passed away at her Des Moines home, 257 E. 17th St., Friday morning, June 11, at the age of 59 years, 8 months and 23 days, after a lingering illness of lung cancer.

She spent her childhood days on a farm north of Slater and received her elementary education at the Bloomfield School. Later she attended Slater High School where she attended Slater High School where she graduated with the class of 1915, after which she continued her advanced education at Iowa State Teachers College, where she earned her degree in the summer of 1918. Following graduation, she taught at Schlesvig, Ia. for two years and at the Sheldahl Schools for another two years. After coming to Des Moines she did some substitute teaching but later took work at the State finance Co., where she was employed until recently.

In 1921 she married Clarence Neslund at Willmar, Minn., where they lived a short period and later moved to Slater. She had been a resident of Des Moines for the past 30 years.

Mr. Neslund passed away in November, 1949.

She leaves to mourn her loss: two daughters, Lois (Mrs. Paul Johnson) and Phyllis (Mrs. Richard Arland); one sister, Marie Brown; four grandchildren, Carol Johnson and Richard, Jean and Danny Arland, all of Des Moines, and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brown; three sisters, Margaret, Anna and Carolyn, and five brothers, John, Osmund, Edward, Milford and Arthur.

She was a member of the Central Lutheran Church and an active member of the Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation.

Eloise was a beloved mother and sister who brought cheer and sunshine to everyone who met her. Her deep faith and religious belief eased her prolonged period of suffering and she met death peacefully and slipped away quietly to be with her Savior. Blessed be her memory.