TITLE:    FLORENCE S. NELSON, Obituary, Dec 04, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838  LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
             Publishing news & views of LANCASTER - GROVETON - WHITEFIELD 
             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher (Dec 13, 2000              
             -issue)

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2000

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Florence S. Nelson 

ALLENSTOWN - Florence S. Nelson, 94, of Allenstown, died at her home, with 
her family, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000.

She was born on July 26, 1906, a daughter of Martin C. and Sadie Jane 
(Tapley) Shufelt in Martinville, Quebec.

Florence was an avid radio Red Sox fan to the end, and known by many for her 
keen awareness as a champion Scrabble® player. She also passed down a lot of 
family threads through the art of quilting that she had perfected.

Surviving family includes one son, Rudy Nelson of Whitefield; two daughters, 
Carol Fleming of Manchester, and Barbara Bilodeau of Allenstown; one brother, 
James Shufelt of British Columbia; one sister, Evelyn Baker of Ontario; eight 
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her 
husband, Waldo Nelson, March 24, 1981; and her daughter, Eleanor Martin, in 
1998. 

Family requests memorial donations be made to the Tri-Town Volunteer 
Ambulance, Box 219, Suncook, NH 03275, or to the American Lung Association of
New Hampshire, 9 Cedarwood Dr., Unit 12, Bedford, NH 03110. 





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