Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Velda Fern Strong 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com August 26, 2007, 8:44 pm Independent Enterprise 5-10-2000 Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, May 10, 2000 Velda F. Nelson Velda Fern Nelson, 86, Payette, passed away May 7, 2000 at home. Celebration of Life Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Velda was born May 1, 1914, at Wilson, Idaho to Joseph Strong & Mabel Kenison Strong. She married Elmo Nelson on March 17, 1934, at Nampa, Idaho. Survivors include her children, Marie Robinette of Payette, Norma and Terry Sigfrit of Weiser, and Bill and Jan Nelson and Gene and Charlotte Nelson, all of Payette; three brothers, Joe & Garry Strong, both of Horseshoe Bend; two sisters, Opal Thompson of Boise and Mary Karn of Vancouver, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by Elmo, her second husband Horace Hibbard and one grandson, Dennis W. Nelson. Memorials may be sent to "Memorial Fund" Corpus Christi Catholic Community in care of Holy Family Catholic Church, P.O. Box 818, Payette, ID 83661 or a charity of your choice. Note: This also ran in the Argus Observer, May 11, 2000. ch File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/n/nelson2890gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb