OBITUARY: Ervin Albert Nelson, 1899-1977, Mitchell County, Iowa



                           Ervin A. Nelson

Funeral rites were Saturday afternoon for Ervin A. Nelson, 78, of Waterloo,
Iowa, who died December 14th.  In charge of the rites at the Champion
Funeral Home in Osage was the Rev. Paul Metzger, pastor of Rock Creek
Lutheran church.  Burial was made in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery.

Ervin Albert Nelson was born February 18, 1899, in Floyd County, the son
of Albert and Clara Knudson Nelson.  He attended the rural schools of his
area and Cedar Valley seminary in Osage.  He remained a lifelong member
of the Lutheran church.

He was united in marriage to Mabel Lundene of rural Rudd on February 25,
1920.  They moved to Waterloo in 1936.

Surviving are one son, Alton of
North Ridge, CA; two daughters, Mrs. Norbert Clute (Doris) of Waterloo
and Mrs. Don Burke (Dorothy) of Rockford, IL; thirteen grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Virgil McGhan Sr., (Cora) of Osage; nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his wife, one son Avery, and his parents.



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