Nielsen, LaVerne Eva (1915 – 2005)

NIELSEN, FISCUS, MITTEN, KOLB, WHITE, FORSYTH

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 13:44:06

Name of deceased: LaVerne Eva Nielsen (nee Fiscus)

Aged: 90 yrs, 9 mo, 2 days

Residence: Nevada, IA

Born: Feb. 20, 1915, Polk Township, Shelby County, IA

Died: Nov. 22, 2005, Israel Family Hospice House, Ames, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA; Pastor Myron Herzberg and Pastor David Burling of Memorial Lutheran Church, Nevada, IA, officiated.

Survived by: Daughter, Ardith (spouse, George) Forsyth of Nevada, IA; grandsons, Eric (spouse, Michelle) Forsyth of Monterey, CA, and Gregory (spouse, Christine) Forsyth of Newton, IA; great-grandchildren, Max Forsyth and Kate Forsyth, both of Monterey, CA, and Emily Forsyth and Anna Forsyth, both of Newton, IA; brothers, Ivan Fiscus and Wayne (spouse, Violet) Fiscus, both of Kirkman, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Madge Fiscus and Kathryn Fiscus, both of Harlan, IA; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Paaren and Anna Jane (nee Mitten) Fiscus; husband, Arthur John Nielsen (deceased April 2, 1997); sisters, Malveree Fiscus (at birth), Elvie Kolb, and Florence White; brothers, Elmer Fiscus, Iliff Fiscus, Melvin Fiscus, and Leonard Fiscus

Education: attended Polk #5 school in Shelby County, IA, through Grade 8.

Marriage: Arthur John Nielsen, May 4, 1938, Elk Horn Lutheran Church parsonage, Elk Horn, IA

Employment: After leaving school, LaVerne worked as a hired girl for several years; after her marriage, she was employed by the Harlan School District for the lunch program.

Hobbies/Interests: Member, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA, and member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church Women. In her earlier years, she was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, IA, where she had taught Sunday school and Bible School. Previously, she was a 4-H leader, and was active in the Shelby County Association for Retarded Children as well as the American Red Cross. LaVerne loved children; she delighted in being Mrs. Claus when Art was playing Santa. She also liked to sew.

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