Funeral services for Martin L. Nelson, 81, Lima Center, were held Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 p.m. in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery.
Mr. Nelson, a retired farmer and resident of the village of Lima Center since 1957, died at 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in Edgerton Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Born Jan. 27, 1884, in Dell Rapids, S. D., he was the son of N. P. and Caroline Olson Nelson. He came to the Milton area with his family in 1906. He was married to Esther R. Rood in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rood, in North Loup, Neb., March 24, 1909. The couple observed their 55th wedding anniversary in March 1964. He farmed most of his life, moving to the Sharon, Wis. - Capron, Ill. area in 1918 where he resided until retiring in 1957 and moving to Lima Center. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Max (Clara) Basler of Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Ray (Virgie) Johnson of Cushing, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles and Julius, both of Milton; and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fredericks of Milton, and Mrs. Lydia Hurley of Madison. A daughter, Julia, and four sisters predeceased him.
Funeral services for Martin L. Nelson, 81, Lima Center, were held Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 p.m. in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery.
Mr. Nelson, a retired farmer and resident of the village of Lima Center since 1957, died at 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in Edgerton Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Born Jan. 27, 1884, in Dell Rapids, S. D., he was the son of N. P. and Caroline Olson Nelson. He came to the Milton area with his family in 1906. He was married to Esther R. Rood in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rood, in North Loup, Neb., March 24, 1909. The couple observed their 55th wedding anniversary in March 1964. He farmed most of his life, moving to the Sharon, Wis. - Capron, Ill. area in 1918 where he resided until retiring in 1957 and moving to Lima Center. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Max (Clara) Basler of Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Ray (Virgie) Johnson of Cushing, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles and Julius, both of Milton; and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fredericks of Milton, and Mrs. Lydia Hurley of Madison. A daughter, Julia, and four sisters predeceased him.
Family Members
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Anna Marie Nelson Swenson
1873–1895
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Alice Mary Nelson Davis
1875–1943
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Hannah Helen Nelson
1876–1963
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Carrie Elizabeth Nelson Frederick
1878–1983
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Charles Andrew Nelson
1880–1968
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Alena Sophia "Lena" "Nelsie" Nelson Rood
1882–1962
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Julius Smith Nelson
1886–1968
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Lyda Esther Nelson Hurley
1888–1970
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Clara Nelson
1890–1892
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