Zelma "Earlene" Sober Martin Nelson

DEL CITY - Zelma "Earlene" Nelson, former Ponca City resident, died Friday, March 27, 1998, in Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was 66.

The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, at the Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home Southeast Chapel in Del City. Graveside rites and burial will follow at 2 p.m. in the Longwood Cemetery, east of Ponca City.

Zelma Earlene (Sober) Nelson was born April 26, 1931, in Ponca City, the ninth of 15 children born to Bert and Nellie (Griffith) Sober. She attended Union 98 School, west of Ponca City, and graduated from Ponca City High School in 1950.

On June 20, 1955, she was married to John E. Martin, and they made their home in the Osage Heights Community of Ponca City. Mr. Martin died in 1966. Earlene married Ivy Nelson in 1967, and the couple established their home in Choctaw. Mr. Nelson preceded her in death in 1993. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and had worked for several years as a nurse's aide at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and local nursing homes. She enjoyed shopping and driving her little blue car.

Survivors include two daughters, Beverly Bouchard of Havana, Ill., and Mary Baxter of Moore; seven brothers, Rolla, Gerald, Bert, Bobby, Kenneth, Gary and Jim Sober, all of Ponca City; three sisters, Reva Butcher of Ponca City and Betty Pigg and Billie Horton, both of Lawton; five grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to both husbands and her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.

From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Monday, March 30, 1998

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Z. Earlene Sober Martin Nelson

Birth: 26 APR 1931 in USA
Death: 27 MAR 1998 in USA
Burial: 30 MAR 1998 Longwood Cem, Ponca City, Kay Co, Oklahoma

Marriage 1 John E Martin

Children:
Beverly Martin
Mary Martin

Marriage 2 Ivy Arthur Nelson b: 1 MAY 1914 in Near Breckinridge, Garfield Co, Oklahoma
Married: 1967 in Ponca City, Kay Co, Oklahoma

Nelson virtual cemetery on FAG

Nelson - Simmons family tree on Rootsweb

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Zelma Earlene (Sober) Nelson
Could you add Family Links for my aunt #33203358 Zelma Earlene (Sober) Nelson who is buried in Longwood Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay Co., Oklahoma. Her parents family links are her father #81539107 Bert W. Sober and her mother #81539052 Nellie Fern Griffith. Believe it or not from Kay County Marriage Records Earlene was 1st Married Aug. 18, 1951 to #48384970 Roy Neal Corey-No children. 2nd married Jun. 20, 1955 #76601770 Johnnie Elwood Martin-children Beverly Faye and Mary Lynn Martin. You already have the Family link on her 3rd marriage in 1967 to Ivy Arthur Nelson-no children. Thank You -- Earl W. Martin
Added by Earl Martin on Mar 21, 2012 2:55 PM