Iowa
Old Press
Clermont Enterprise
Clermont, Fayette co. Iowa
October 6, 1932
Local News
-Mrs. L.L. Carr attended a meeting of the D.A.R. at Postville
Tuesday afternoon.
-G.H. Hackman and W.A. Kneeland were in Des Moines Tuesday
attending the gathering which heard the speech of President
Hoover.
-A consultation of doctors was held by Dr. T.N. Walsh and son of
Hawkeye and Dr. L.L. Carr of Clermont, over the condition of
Chas. Hoffman, who was taken sick about a week ago. The concurred
with Dr. Carr that the trouble was mainly brain infection with
hardening of the arteries and troubles that attended such
ailments. His recovery will take a long time and he may not be
out of bed for months.
-Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kittleson were in Stewartville, Minn.,
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Milo Halverson.
-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brause of West Union were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B.O. Henderson.
-Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Hungerford of Mitchell, visited at the home of
her father, Frank Shipton, and with other relatives here.
-Mrs. Fred Cline and son Larry, of Waterville, were in Clermont
visiting with her father, B.C. Gruver and with other relatives
and friends.
-Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sullivan are here from Goodland, Kansas,
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan. They expect to
be returning soon and Mary Sullivan will go with them for a short
visit.
-Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Memecek and family of West Union have located
in the Miller property in the north end of town. Mr. Nemecek is
working for the Central States Power Co.
-Lena Brecht visited last week with her parents in West Ridge.
-Mrs. Edna Pringle and daughter, Norma, of West Union visited
with the Frank and Clifton Pringle families in Clermont.
-Mrs. Nina Stinerson, who was here for some time helping care for
her mother, Mrs. Julia Nelson, who died last week, has returned
to her home at Ossian.
-Helen Phelps visited her mother at Mt. Pleasant over the week
end.
-Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Cottrell of Owatonna, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter James of Cedar Rapids, were week end guests of Supt. and
Mrs. D.R. Cottrell. The former is a brother and Mrs. James a
sister of Mr. Cottrell.
Mrs. Ed Buser Recovering
Mrs. Ed Buser is in a hospital at Rock Valley where she is
recovering from an auto accident in which she had the right arm
broken above the elbow and a rib broken besides numerous bruises
and injuries. She was accompanying her brother, Jake Schaer and
wife and daughter on a trip to South Dakota and when about ten
miles from Rock Valley the car struck loose gravel and turned
over. All were hurt to some extent and had to be taken to the
hospital, but Mrs. Buser was the most seriously hurt. They
started from here last Wednesday morning expecting to be in South
Dakota some time the day following, but under the circumstances
they have not reached their destination yet. As soon as the folks
here were notified of the accident, Mr. Buser and son Eddie, got
into a car and drove out there. The son came back the next day
bringing the encouraging report that while Mrs. Buser was
seriously hurt, the accident would not prove fatal and that she
was getting along nicely.
Heavenly Relief Comes to Mrs. Julia Nelson
The funeral of Mrs. Julia Nelson, mother of our townsman, Martin
Nelson, whose death was briefly mentioned in the Enterprise
last week, was held on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, and thus ended
the earthly career of one of the noblest characters and most
saintly mothers that ever blessed the community. For Mrs. Nelson,
all through her better years and even in her period of feeble
health, was noted for her midnfulness to her neighbors, friends
and home folks, the church and community welfare matters. Not
withstanding an overshelming amount of home and personal duties
and responsibilities, Mrs. Nelson always found time to take a
leading part in all matters that pertained to the betterment of
the community, especially her church, and the happiness of her
great army of friends and loved ones.
Mrs. Julia Nelson was born at Rock Prairie, Wis., on Feb. 3,
1852, having reached at the time of her death the ripe old age of
eighty years, seven months and twenty-three days. She was a
daughter of Anuld and Johanna Knutson, pioneer settlers in that
part of the Badger state. When she was still a small child the
family moved to Clayton county, Iowa, where they established
their life-home and where the daughter was educated and advanced
to the age of maturity. On May 24, 1868, she was united in
marriage to Nels Nelson, the son of another of the pioneer
families of western Clayton county. The union was blessed with
sixteen children, twelve of whom died in infancy.
Mrs. Josephine Erickson, one of the only four children who lived
to maturity, died on June 25, 1923. The three other survivors
are, Mrs. Nina Stinerson, of Ossian, Martin Nelson of Clermont,
and Mrs. Alma J. Erickson of Lavina, Montana. In addition to her
own hcildren she also leaves an adopted daughter, Elsie Lindgren.
The children, including the adopted daughter, are all engaged in
honorable occupations, standing among the foremost people in
their respective communities and are an honor to the deceased
parents.
The Nelson family lived on their old homestead near Gunder until
1894, when they moved to the town of Gunder, where Mr. Nelson
died in June, 1916. Mrs. Nelson continued her residence at Gunder
after the death of her husband until her own health began to fail
about four years ago when she came to Clermont to take up her
abode at the home of her son Martin Nelson, occasionally
returning for short intervals for a visit with friends and
neighbors in the old home neighborhood. Her illness extended over
a period of several years, brought on as a result of a long life
of usefulness, blessedness and devoted service to God and home
and native land.
Her sweet spirit passed on silently to her Maker at 3 o'clock
Monday morning, Sept. 26, 1932, at her son's home in Clermont.
The funeral services were held at the Martin Nelson home an
dlater at the Marion Lutheran church at Gunder, of which the
deceased was a charter member and where the remains were laid to
rest in the church yard by the side of her departed loved ones.
Among others from a distance who came to attend the funeral were,
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Knutson, Adolph Knutson and Albert Knutson,
all of Callendar.
Among the surviving relatives besides her children, Mrs. Nelson
leaves one sister, Mrs. Rachel Hanson of Decorah, and two
brothers, Adolph and Gilbert Knutson of Callendar, Iowa, also
sixteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren and one
great great grandchild.
[transcribed by S.F., June 2010]