Obit for NELSON, Charles Henry (b.1924 d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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Charles Henry Nelson was born on March 16, 1924 on a farm in Ellsborough  

Township Murray County, Minnesota to John and Vendla Vieman Nelson. He 

grew up on the family farm southwest of Balaton and attended country 

school district # 79. In 1944 he was drafted to the U. S. Army and served 

in the European Theatre during WW II. After his discharge in 1946  

Charles returned to the family farm. On October 30, 1951, he and Margaret 

Ford were married at Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. Following their marriage 

they continued farming the Nelson farm until 1971. Charles then went to 

work in the construction business operating heavy equipment. He worked in 

several places in southwest Minnesota. He and Margaret divorced in 1992. 

Charles moved to Slayton and lived at the Southgate Apartments. He was a 

resident of the Pipestone Good Samaritan Home in Pipestone, Minnesota for 

two weeks. Charles was a patient at the Pipestone Medical Center for the 

past six days before passing away there on November 1, 2005 at the age of 

81. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Slayton and previously 

was a member of Sillerud Lutheran Church where he served on the church 

council and sang in the choir for several years.  He also served on the 

Ellsborough Township Board for 10 years. Charles enjoyed playing the 

electric organ, music and dancing. 



Survivors include three daughters and their husbands: Janet and Ron  

Miller, Bowling Green KY; Karen Halbersma, Pipestone, MN; and  Annette 

and Paul Welchert of St. Cloud, MN; seven grandchildren; Brett Miller, 

Becky Kahle, Bethel Moore; Aaron and Anna Kay Halbersma; and David, 

Gabriel and Joseph Welchert; three great-grandchildren, Jackson and 

Thomas Kahle, and Leah Moore; four sisters: Helen Bailey, Oaklyn, NJ; 

Edna Kasemodle, Canby, MN; Anna Marie Mortland, Marshall, MN; and Alice 

and her husband, Don Olsen, North Platt, NE; one brother Warren Nelson 

and his wife Patricia, and a special friend, Luella Smith, Slayton. He 

was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters: Selma Nelson and Hilda 

Nelson and three brothers: Morris, Herb and Rueben Nelson. 



Memorial services were held at Christ Lutheran Church in Slayton, MN on 

Saturday, November 5, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Dan DeBlock 

officiating. The organist was Twyla Hungerford. Interment is at Sillerud 

Cemetery rural Balaton, MN. Military honors furnished by the Slayton 

Legion Post and Slayton VFW.

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