Nielsen, Frieda Evalena (1906 – 2005)

NIELSEN, SMIDT, KNUDSEN, LOUIS, SORENSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 13:41:49

Name of deceased: Frieda Evalena Nielsen (nee Smidt)

Aged: 99 yrs, 1 mo, 4 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Born: Oct. 31, 2005, Turner County, SD

Died: Dec. 4, 2005, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA; Pastor Heather officiated. Inurnment took place at the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Jacksonville, IA.

Survived by: Daughters, Jeanne (spouse, Connie) Sorensen of Milford, IA, and Lona Louis of Northbrook, IL; sons, Don (spouse, Marie) Nielsen of Atlantic, IA, and David (spouse, Sandy) Nielsen of Wayzata, MN; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Nielsen of Harlan, IA; 11 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Kjeld and Lona (Knudsen) Smidt; husband of 62 years, Ralph K. Nielsen (deceased Dec. 31, 1992); sister, Emma Smidt; brothers, Elmer Smidt and Francis Smidt; son, Stanley Nielsen; son-in-law, Fred Louis

Education: attended rural school near Viborg, SD; attended Dana College in Blair, NE, for 1-1/2 years

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church, Viborg, SD

Marriage: Ralph K. Nielsen, July 30, 1930, Bethany Lutheran Church, Viborg, SD

Employment: After leaving Blair College, she was employed as a secretary in Omaha, NE, for 1 year; after marriage, she farmed with her spouse in Jackson Township, Shelby County, IA. They retired to Harlan, IA. in 1964.

Hobbies/Interests: lifelong member of the Lutheran Church, participating in church life at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, IA, before transferring membership in 1968 to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Was an active member in the Women’s Quilting Guild. While residing at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA, she did needle work, providing numerous items for the annual craft auction there.

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