OBITUARY: Grace Margrette (Nelson) Anderson, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Dec. 4, 2001]


                      Grace Margrette (Nelson) Anderson
                      
Funeral services were held Monday, December 3, 2001 at Mona Lutheran Church
for Grace Margrette (Nelson) Anderson, age 87, formerly of Mona and Lyle.
Rev. Lydia Mittag officiated. Grace died Nov. 29, 2001 at the White Bear
Lake Care Center, White Bear Lake, MN. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Mona.

Grace was born the daughter of Fred and Carrie (Johnson) Nelson on Feb. 8,
1914 in Mitchell County. She was baptized and confirmed at the Mona Lutheran
Church. She was a member of Mona Lutheran and presently a member of St.
Mark's Lutheran Church, North St. Paul, MN.

Grace attended Mona grade school and graduated from Lyle High School as
valedictorian in 1931. She graduated from Calhoun Business School in
Minneapolis, MN in 1933.

Grace married Harlis Anderson on Nov. 29, 1933 at Harlis' parents' home by
the Rev. O.M. Langhough. They lived in Mona, Lyle, and Austin before moving
to North St. Paul, MN. She worked many years for Anchor Casualty Insurance
Company, St. Paul. Grace was quite musical and both she and Harlis played
on the radio in Austin and Albert Lea. They also entertained in nursing
homes and were active in the Sons of Norway. The couple took two trips to
Norway to do research on their ancestry and found some living relatives.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Harlis in 1994; her parents; and
four brothers, Ernest, Morris, Harlan and Clayton.

Those that survive her include one brother, Vernon and wife, Pearl Nelson of
Conger, MN; one sister-in-law, Bernett Nelson of Austin, MN; many nieces and
nephews and God children; four cousins; and very special friends Carol and
Jack Duedeck and family.




Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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