Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Harry Sankey November 1, 1973 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com September 29, 2016, 11:10 pm Sentinel-Standard - Friday, Nov. 2, 1973 Funeral services for Harry S. Nelson, 73, who died Thursday morning at his home at 2849 North State road will be Saturday at 1 pm at Leddick funeral home. Rev. Eugene A Lewis of Orleans United Methodist church will officiate and interment will be at Easton cemetery. Born at Springfield, Ill., May 21, 1900, he was the son of Mogens and Minnie Peterson Nelson and moved to Ionia with the family when a child. They lived on the Nelson family farm south of Ionia and he attended the Loomis and Ionia high schools. After attending school he built his present home north of Ionia where he lived and was engaged in farming until his retirement in 1965. In July of 1929 he was married to Marguerite Miller who survives. He was a lifetime member of Ionia Elks lodge. Besides the wife Margarete he leaves a son, Earl Nelson, rural Ionia, and two grandchildren. A memorial has been established for Ionia County Memorial hospital coronary care unit. Additional Comments: Services: Saturday, 3 November, 1973 Easton cemetery Monday, November 5, 1973 Harry S. Nelson Funeral services for Harry S. Nelson, who died at his home Thursday were Saturday at 1 pm. Rev. Eugene Lewis of Orleans United Methodist church officiated and interment; was at Easton cemetery. Bearers were Richard, Douglas, Rick and Marvin Nelson and Herman and John Peterson. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nelson33238nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb