OBITUARY: Charlene Elizabeth Nelson, Mitchell County, Iowa
        
(St. Ansgar Enterprise, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 12 DEC 1991 )


               Charlene Elizabeth Nelson   [1930-1991]

Surnames: Nelson, VanEvery, Anderson, Mayer 

Funeral services for Charlene Elizabeth Nelson, 61, of rural Osage, who died
Tuesday, December 3 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, were held
on Friday, December 6 at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with Rev.
John Gilbert officiating.

Charlene Nelson was born August 29, 1930 at Bolan. She was the daughter of
Glenn and Lucy (Anderson) Van Every. She graduated in 1946 from McIntire
High School.

On June 26, 1948, she married Leonard Mayer. She was a long time resident
of Riceville where she operated an upholstery shop in her home for 17 years.
She moved to California in 1978 and married Russell Nelson May 26, 1979 in
Reno, Nevada. They moved to Osage in 1981 where she owned and operated
Charlies Car Care. Sewing, building and designing wood ornaments and
gardening were the enjoyments of her life.

Survivors include her husband Russell of Osage; mother, Lucy Van Every of
Osage; one daughter, Mrs. LeRoy (Carol) Janssen, Osage; one stepdaughter,
Mrs. Steve (Connie) Cianci of Fairfield, Calif.; two sons, Jerry Mayer of
Dakota Dunes, SD, and Randy Mayer of Riceville; one sister, Mrs. Norbert
(Virginia) Hovey of Ridgeway; and two brothers, Glenn Dale Van Every of
Gravois Mills, Missouri, and Lynn Van Every of Denver, Colorado.

She was preceded in death by her father and one sister.

Burial was in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.


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