Obituary: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Gertrude NELSON

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Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Mon. Nov. 22, 1954, p. 28

Funeral Rites are scheduled for Mrs. Nelson, 69.  Native of city expires in
Appleton; Service to be held in St. Joseph’s.  Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, 69,
widow of John Nelson, a resident of Fond du Lac until a few years ago, when
she took up residence with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Vandervort, at
Appleton, died at midnight Saturday at St. Elizabeth’s hospital at
Appleton.  Funeral services will be held at the Geo. M. Dugan Funeral home
Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church in this city.
Burial will be in Calvary cemtery.  Mrs. Nelson was born here on Jan. 31,
1885, and was married on Sept. 14, 1906, in St. Joseph’s church.  Mrs.
Nelson was a member of the church, the Altar society, Fond du Lac Council
of Catholic Women, and of the Third Order of St. Francis.  Surviving,
besides Mrs. Vandervort , are two sons, Leo, Racine, and Alvin, Kenosha;
six grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Clara Sanders, city.  Mr. Nelson died
in 1941.  



Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tues. Nov. 23, 1954, p. 18

Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, who died Saturday, were held
today at 9:30 a.m. at the Geo. M. Dugan Funeral home and at 10 a.m. at St.
Joseph’s church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. H.G. Riordan officiating.  Burial was
in Calvary cemetery where the Rev. Donald Elverson conducted committal
rites.  Pallbearers were Howard Nelson, Earl Boehrig, Paul Letourneau, Nick
Cruciani, Herbert Beyer, and Francis Hein.  Members of the Altar society
and Third Order of St. Francis attended the services.  Persons from away
attending the rites were of Racine, Kensoha, Highland Park, Sheboygan,
Appleton and Waupun.  


Gertrude E. Beyer (Mrs. John Nelson), daughter of Martin Beyer and
Katherine Theisen