Hanson, Myrtle B. Nelson (1920-2008)

HANSON, NELSON, SIMMONS, GAMBELL, KIRSCHBAUM, GRADOVILLE, SCHNECKENBERGER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/27/2013 at 14:40:58

Myrtle B. Nelson Hanson
June 18, 1920 - January 13, 2008

FOREST CITY - Myrtle B. Nelson Hanson, age 87, of Forest City, died on Sunday, January 13, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Myrtle Beatrice Nelson Hanson, the daughter of Baleis A. and Clarissa (Gambell) Simmons, was born on June 18, 1920, in Forest City, Iowa. She attended Madison Country School through the eighth grade.

On October 17, 1942, Myrtle married LeRoy M. Nelson at Bethany, Missouri. To this union three children were born: Janice, Jerel, and Joyce.

Myrtle and LeRoy farmed in the Joice, Lake Mills, and Britt areas. In 1959, they moved into a house in Forest City where the nursing home now stands. Myrtle was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City, the Rebekah Lodge, and the Red Hat Society at the Good Samaritan Center.

LeRoy died in 1988. On June 18, 1990, Myrtle married Everett Hanson at Immanuel Lutheran Church. He passed away on July 28, 2001.

Over the years, Myrtle worked at the Bungalow Cafe, Johnson’s Drug, Bill’s Red Owl, and Bill’s Greenhouse. She also volunteered at the Good Samaritan Center.

Myrtle resided at the Town Square Apartments in Forest City from 1997 through 2001. She, then, moved to the Summit House in Britt where she lived from 2001 to 2006. In February of 2006, she entered the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City where she resided until her death.

Myrtle is survived by three children: Janice (James) Kirschbaum, of Crystal Lake, Iowa, Jerel (Miriam) Nelson, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Joyce Gradoville, of Omaha, Nebraska; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; both of her husbands; and a great-granddaughter, Bailey Schneckenberger.

Family requests memorials be directed to the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2008, at 10:30 AM at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Pastor Barbara Spaulding officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at the funeral home and an hour prior to service at the church. Inurnment will be in the spring at Madison Township Cemetery in rural Forest City.

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