NELSON, Ben: Died 1981

NELSON, ANDERSON, DUKE

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 6/14/2021 at 18:29:07

**Handwritten: VBR 26 Feb. 1981

BEN NELSON

Ben Nelson, 91, Sequim, Washington, formerly of Birmingham died Feb. 19 in Sequim.

The son of Meldon and Anna Anderson Nelson, he was born January 23, 1890 at Birmingham. He served with the 88th Division in France during WW I. After his return home to Birmingham, he was a rural mail carrier for 30 years.

In 1938 he married Gertrude Duke at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. She survives.

After his retirement, the couple moved to Sequim, Wash. to make their home.

He is survived by two sisters, Beatrice Nelson and Rosetta Nelson, both of Joplin, Mo., several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.

Friends may address Mrs. Nelson at:
1301 S. Third Ave. 19D
Sequim, Wash. 98282

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 17, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA