OBITUARY: Doris Irene (Nelson) Reyerson, Worth County, Iowa

[Northwood Anchor -- July 24, 2001 -- www.northwoodanchor.com ]


           Doris Irene (Nelson) Reyerson [1914-2001]
          
Services held for Doris Reyerson, 87

Doris I. Reyerson, 87, Northwood, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at the
Manly Nursing and Rehab Center in Manly.

Funeral services were Saturday at Silver Lake Lutheran Church, rural
Northwood, with Rev. Steven Smith officiating. Burial was in the Silver
Lake cemetery.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.

Doris Irene Reyerson was born June 13, 1914. She was the 10th child born
to Emil and Minnie (Peterson) Nelson in Freeman Township near Glenville,
MN where she attended rural school. She lived near Glenville until her
marriage to Lewis O. Reyerson on Sept. 3, 1937. They lived on the Reyerson
home farm all their married life of 37 years. She helped her husband with
the farm work until his death July 19, 1975. She  continued to help with
farm work until a stroke in 1993.

She was a member of Silver Lake Lutheran Church and church women. Prior to
her stroke she enjoyed dancing, golfing and bowling. She continued to
enjoy lefse, cinnamon rolls, kolaches and pies. She also looked forward
to visits from her sisters and brothers to play cards and have coffee.

Survivors include her three children, Sharon and her husband Paul Helgeson
of Northwood, Dennis Reyerson of Northwood and Marlene Reyerson of Mason
City; six grandchildren, Michelle Perry and husband Rick, Susan Kliment
and husband Darrin, Steve Helgeson and fiance Katie Cunningham,  Jason
Reyerson and wife Sarah, Diane Frank and husband Matt and David Reyerson;
six great-grandchildren; sisters Lila Herth and Edna Halvorson, both of
Northwood; brother Donnie Nelson and wife Bessie of Glenville, MN and
sisters-in-law Alice Nelson of Grand Meadow, MN, Hazel Reyerson of Albert
Lea, MN and many nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; five sisters; two
brothers and one great-grandson.


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