Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Nelson , Oline Lang January 1, 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Nelson, Oline Lang     
*1900 - 2006 
(*incorrect birth year published)

 
Oline Lang Nelson 
May 4, 1911 - January 1, 2006 
Services: Sat., Jan. 7, 9:00 a.m. 

Services will be held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 1900 Baker St., for Oline 
Lang Nelson, who passed away January 1, 2006 at age 94. Interment to follow in 
Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 River Blvd. She was born May 4, 1911, in 
Farwell, Nebraska, the third of four daughters of Paul and Christine Lang. 
Oline and two of her sisters migrated from Nebraska during the Great 
Depression to seek work in Modesto, California. She found work in the 
canneries, met and married Owen B. Nelson in 1937. They moved to Bakersfield 
in 1943. She worked in the cafeteria with the Bakersfield City School District 
for 18 years. She enjoyed taking night classes at Bakersfield College in 
retirement and served as an election board worker for many years and began 
travel adventures to Europe, and throughout the U.S. Oline also participated 
in two Scandinavian heritage lodges, the Danish Sisterhood and VASA. She was a 
faithful member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, serving in many capacities. A 
lifelong early riser, in her 80's she became an enthusiastic member of 
Bakersfield College's 5:00 a.m. Shape-Up exercise program. She was a church 
league bowling team member, scoring a 260 at age 89. Oline was an accomplished 
hostess. Delicious and beautifully presented food was a celebration of life 
for her, and a gift of love of her family and friends, who were urged to third 
helpings at holiday feasts, birthdays and special dinner parties. She was an 
expert seamstress and skilled craftswoman who learned to make and dress 
porcelain dolls. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Owen B. 
Nelson and her three sisters, Edna, Anne and Marie. Oline is survived by her 
three children and their spouses, Anne Marie (Nelson) and Larry Calderwood of 
Placerville, CA, Owen and Jane Nelson and Kristie (Nelson) and Bob Coons of 
Bakersfield and sister-in-law, Jean Pretorius. She will be greatly missed by 
eight grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four great-grandchildren; seven 
stepgreat-grandchildren and her nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to 
the Emmanuel Lutheran Memorial Fund, 1900 Baker St., Bakersfield, CA 93305. 


Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/5/2006.  


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