Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Christina Nmn December 1, 1923
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Soldier Sentinel
OLDEST  WOMAN  IN COUNTY  DIES	   Contributor:  Dec. 1, 1923
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CHRISTINA NELSON OF SOLDIER PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 97 YEARS
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She was Blind the last Sixteen Years of her Life but Always enjoyed Attending 
Church and Visiting With Her Friends and Children.
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	Christina Nelson was born June 24, 1826 in South Land Norway.  Here 
she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.  In the year of 1862 at 
the age of 26 she was married to Christian Nelson.  This union was blessed 
with nine children, five of whom preceded their mother to the great beyond.  
Her husband died in Norway in 1878.  Since then she has remained a widow.  In 
1897 she immigrated to America with three of her children.  They first settled 
at Carvin Kansas.  They resided there three years and then moved to their 
present home at Soldier.  Here she has resided ever since.  She spent most of 
these years with her son, Ole, and kept house for him until he was married.  
Since then she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Julius Severson and 
her son Ole K. Nelson where she has always had the best of care.  For the past 
sixteen years she has been blind, but she could read a lot from the Bible and 
hymn books which she had previously learned.  She greatly enjoyed company and 
was always glad to have her friends call and visit.  Although her hearing 
became very poor toward the end of her long life’s journey, her mind remained 
very clear and she had a wonderful memory.  She has been a member of the 
Soldier valley congregation for a long number of years.  She often attended 
communion services at the church and only twelve days before her death she 
attended these services.  Death came Saturday morning at five o’clock, at the 
home of her son, Ole K. Nelson in Soldier.  At the time of her death she was 
97 years, 5 month and 7 days old.  She was undoubtedly the oldest person laid 
to rest in the Soldier cemetery.  The children who survive her are Mrs. Ole 
Evenson of Norway, Mrs. Julius Severson of Soldier, Mrs. Ellen Sorgerson, of 
Gordon, Nebr, and Ole K. Nelson of Soldier.  There are also 39 grand children 
and 66 great grand children living to mourn her death.
	The funeral services were held from the Ole K. Nelson home and the 
church in town Monday afternoon.  Rev. Sunner conducted the services.


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