OBITUARY: Esther Nelson, Worth County, Iowa

Esther Nelson (90) Lake Mills, died July 6, 1982 at the Lake Mills
Nursing Home where she had been a resident the past four years after 
breaking her hip in a fall.  The funeral was held at Silver Lake with 
Rev. Alan Stoa in charge.  She was born May 26, 189l to Knut and Mary 
Leegaard on a farm east of Emmons.  She was baptized and confirmed at 
Silver Lake.  She spent most of her life in the neighborhood where she 
was born, except the last few years in Lake Mills.  She married John C. 
Nelson on July 18, 1912.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ed (Minnie) Holland, Lake Mills;
a sister, Lena Anderson, Albert Lea; one brother, James Leegaard, Northwood;
twelve grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren and four great-great-
grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband; four sons, Carl,
Clifford and Jimmie and a son in infancy; one daughter, Alice; one grandchild,
two great-grandchildren; parents; six brothers and two sisters.


Copyright (c) 2001 by Elaine Bergan 
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