Nelson, Aletha Frieda (1919 -2006)

NELSON, JEDELE, CLASSEN, LEONARD, MULDOON, CRESSMAN, HERRIG, DUNCAN, HODNEFIELD

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 13:29:47

Name of deceased: Aletha Frieda Nelson (nee Jedele)

Aged: 86 yrs, 6 mo, 21 days

Residence: Friend, NE

Born: July 26, 1919, Crawford County, IA

Died: Febr. 17, 2006, nursing home, Friend, NE

Funeral services: Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen Officiated. Burial was in the Danway Cemetery, rural Shelby County, IA.

Survived by: Daughter, Colleen (spouse, Tim) Classen; son, James (spouse, Cindy) Nelson, granddaughters, Amy (spouse, William) Leonard of Las Vegas, NV, Nicole Classen of Burbank, CA, Angela (spouse, Jason) Muldoon of Bloomfield, IA, and Andrea (spouse, Andrew) Cressman of Pasadena, MD; great-grandchildren, Justin, Jessa and Jacklyn Muldoon and Keegan and Kendall Leonard; sisters, Lorena Herrig of Davis, CA, and Roxana (spouse, Charles) Duncan of Denison, IA; brother, Charles (spouse, Ann) Jedele, of Winfield, KS, sisters-in-law, Karen Jedele of Kansas City, MO, Donna Jedele of Urbana, IL, Lula Hodnefield of Lakefield, MN, and Lillian Nelson of Spicer, MN; nieces; nephews; relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Karl and Frieda (nee Rath) Jedele; husband of 37 years, Russell (deceased March 1979); brothers, Marvin, Gordon and Donald Jedele and one infant brother; sister-in-law Darlene Jedele

Education: attended Zion Lutheran School for 8 years; graduated from Denison (IA) High School, Class of 1936.

Religious affiliation: Baptized, Oct. 8, 1919, Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, IA; confirmed, March 1932, Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, IA.

Marriage: Russell Nelson, Oct. 19, 1941, place not provided

Employment: 1936 – 1938: employed by the County Superintendent of Schools office, and taught grades 1-4 at Zion Lutheran School; 1939 – 1945, returned to the County Superintendent’s office until her husband returned from the war; they then farmed near Irwin until 1962. Russell went into carpentry and Aletha worked at the ASCS office in Harlan, IA, for 23 years, enjoying her office work involving the farm programs.

Hobbies/Interests: After Aletha retired from the ASCS office at age 66, she learned to do hand-punch brailling and later learned with a manual machine. She went on to become certified by the US Library of Congress and volunteered for Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc. for more than 10 years. Living her faith was important to Aletha, from holding offices at church to helping clean the church. She also enjoyed her involvement with the Irwin Keenagers, the SW Iowa Agency on Aging, and quilting with the ladies at the Senior Center and at church.

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