Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Nelsen, Martha Ulven October 7, 1965
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Mrs. Martha Nelsen
Called To Rest                               (From the collection of Vivian 
Norby Andersen)

	Mrs. Martha Nelsen, 88, a resident of the Soldier community the past 
80 years, died Thursday evening, October 7 at a nursing home in Carroll.  She 
had been in ill health for some time and the past four and a half years had 
been in a nursing home at Carroll.
	Funeral services were held at Soldier Lutheran Church Monday, October 
7 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Harry C. Sorensen officiating.  Mrs. Norman C. 
Hanson was soloist and sang “I Love To Tell The Story” and “Nearer My God To 
Thee”.  Mrs. Charles Dommer, Jr. was at the organ.
	Interment was in Soldier Valley Cemetery under the direction of 
Pearson Funeral Home of Soldier.  Bearers were LeRoy Nelsen, Aimsel Nelsen, 
John Nelsen, Willard Olson, Ronald Hanson and Clayton Swenson.
	Mrs. Nelsen was born May 3, 1877 at Ringsaker County, Norway.  She 
came to America with her parents, Ole A. and Karen Ulven when she was five 
years of age and had been a resident of Soldier most of the time since then.
	On July 20, 1893 she was united in marriage to John Nelsen at 
Soldier.  He preceded her in death in February of 1922.
	Martha was a faithful member of Soldier Lutheran Church where she took 
an active part as long as her health permitted in the Ladies Aid and other 
church activities.  She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of 
Soldier.
	She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clara Olson of Carroll, Iowa; 
Mrs. Agnes Parker of Mukwonago, Wisconsin and Mrs. Cora Hanson of Soldier; two 
sons, Norval Nelsen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Harry Nelsen of 
Algonquin, Illinois; 27 grandchildren; 64 great grandchildren; one brother, 
Harold Ulven of Soldier and one sister, Mrs. Ella Woods of Lebanon, Oregon.  
She was preceded in death by two sons, Adolph and Jalmer and a daughter, Alma 
Lillian.


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