Wilma (Parks) NELSON

NELSON, PARKS, CHIPMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:49

Wilma Parks Nelson
May 26, 1936 --- March 30, 2021

Augusta, Kansas - Wilma Nelson, 84, of Augusta and formerly of Clarion, Iowa, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. A private graveside service will be held at a later date.

Wilma was born in Sheldon, Iowa to Percy and Georgia Parks, the youngest of five children. After graduating from high school as valedictorian in Harris, IA in 1954, she married her high school sweetheart, Hermie Nelson II, that July. To this union five children were born. Wilma loved children and babysat many years in Clarion and Augusta. She volunteered at Head Start in Augusta and for a similar program in Mena, AR, where they lived for ten years. She also volunteered at Wesley Hospital, where she served as a baby cuddler for over 1,000 hours. Wilma also loved learning and took some college classes at WSU.

She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Hermie II; daughters Connie (Dale), and Rebecca (Tim) Chipman, sons Hermie Gene III (Baer), and Christopher; six grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; and sisters, Winifred, Margorie, and Jean. Wilma was preceded in death by her infant daughter Camilla and by her brother Donald.

In keeping with Wilma's great love for children, memorials can be sent to Hermie Nelson at 2509 Mainsgate Dr, Augusta KS 67010 to be presented to Wilma's favorite local children's charity.