Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Marian Maxine 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mransom311@gmail.com August 27, 2014, 3:27 pm The Greenville Daily News, December 13, 2004 Marian Maxine Nelson, 91, formerly of Greenville, died Saturday evening, December 11, 2004, at Upjohn Community Care Center, Kalamazoo. She was born in Ionia on April 25, 1913, the daughter of Peter and Mary Oakley Gilbert. She was married in Greenville on December 25, 1931, to Howard F. Nelson. She was a member of Greenville Fist United Methodist Church, the Blue Star Mothers and will be remembered as a kind and caring person—especially by her children and grandchildren who enjoyed her cooking and baking and her devotion to family. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1989; brother, Walter Gilbert; and sister, Ethlyn Lambertson. She is survived by four children and families, son, Frank and Fay Nelson of Rockford and his children, Scott, Leslie and Bruce, and grandchildren, Rebecca and Thomas, son, Wayne and Pattie Nelson of Richland and his children, Marilee, Kristian, and Katherine, and grandchildren, Joseph, MariKatherine and Margaret, son, James and Ruth Nelson of Twin Lake and his children, Jason and Jennifer, daughter, Marilyn and Joe Thienes of Rockford and her children, Patrick and Thomas Grow; and sister-in-law, Olive Gilbert of Grand Rapids. Funeral and committal services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville, with her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Harry F. Johnson, officiating. Burial is in South Sidney Cemetery, Sheridan. Visitation begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday prior to the funeral service. Memorial contributions may be given to First United Methodist Church or Heritage Community of Kalamazoo—Alzheimer Unit. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nelson27593nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb