Reva died on Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Des Moines. Funeral services at the Pence~Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Burial in the Newton Union Cemetery.
Reva Ann Nelson, 93, the daughter of Harry Daniel and Clara Marie Etta (Klopping) Awtry, was born on October 28, 1926, in Newton. She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High, Class of 1944, and later of Drake University.
On June 26, 1948, Reva married Donald B. Nelson in Newton. She was employed as a realtor and later as a schoolteacher. She devoted her life to her family. Reva was a member of the Newton First United Methodist Church.
Reva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald on April 12, 2003; one brother; and five sisters.
Survivors include her daughters, Bonnie (Robert) Jones of St. Peters, Missouri, Kathleen(Bruce) Rouw of Leesburg, Florida, and Julie (Robert) Adams of West Des Moines; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and many friends and extended relatives.
Source: Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa
Added by Mary Hammill Rund 18 Jul 2020
Reva Ann Nelson, 93, the daughter of Harry Daniel and Clara Marie Etta (Klopping) Awtry, was born on October 28, 1926, in Newton. She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High, Class of 1944, and later of Drake University.
On June 26, 1948, Reva married Donald B. Nelson in Newton. She was employed as a realtor and later as a schoolteacher. She devoted her life to her family. Reva was a member of the Newton First United Methodist Church.
Reva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald on April 12, 2003; one brother; and five sisters.
Survivors include her daughters, Bonnie (Robert) Jones of St. Peters, Missouri, Kathleen(Bruce) Rouw of Leesburg, Florida, and Julie (Robert) Adams of West Des Moines; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and many friends and extended relatives.
Source: Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa
Added by Mary Hammill Rund 18 Jul 2020
Reva died on Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Des Moines. Funeral services at the Pence~Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Burial in the Newton Union Cemetery.
Reva Ann Nelson, 93, the daughter of Harry Daniel and Clara Marie Etta (Klopping) Awtry, was born on October 28, 1926, in Newton. She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High, Class of 1944, and later of Drake University.
On June 26, 1948, Reva married Donald B. Nelson in Newton. She was employed as a realtor and later as a schoolteacher. She devoted her life to her family. Reva was a member of the Newton First United Methodist Church.
Reva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald on April 12, 2003; one brother; and five sisters.
Survivors include her daughters, Bonnie (Robert) Jones of St. Peters, Missouri, Kathleen(Bruce) Rouw of Leesburg, Florida, and Julie (Robert) Adams of West Des Moines; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and many friends and extended relatives.
Source: Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa
Added by Mary Hammill Rund 18 Jul 2020
Reva Ann Nelson, 93, the daughter of Harry Daniel and Clara Marie Etta (Klopping) Awtry, was born on October 28, 1926, in Newton. She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High, Class of 1944, and later of Drake University.
On June 26, 1948, Reva married Donald B. Nelson in Newton. She was employed as a realtor and later as a schoolteacher. She devoted her life to her family. Reva was a member of the Newton First United Methodist Church.
Reva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald on April 12, 2003; one brother; and five sisters.
Survivors include her daughters, Bonnie (Robert) Jones of St. Peters, Missouri, Kathleen(Bruce) Rouw of Leesburg, Florida, and Julie (Robert) Adams of West Des Moines; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and many friends and extended relatives.
Source: Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa
Added by Mary Hammill Rund 18 Jul 2020
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