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Patricia A. Nelson, 81

Patricia A. Nelson, 81, of Blair, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Grace United Methodist Church in Kennard Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation will also be held at the church on Friday, one hour prior to services.

Patricia A. Larson was born Oct. 8, 1927, in Laurel to Raymond and Maude (Clark) Larson. She moved to Oakland at the age of 5 and was a 1944 graduate of Oakland High School. She attended Wayne State Teachers College, and taught in rural schools in the Oakland area.

On April 10, 1949, she married J. Emery Nelson at the First United Methodist in Oakland. After their marriage, the couple moved to Blair, where Mrs. Nelson was the office manager at the Blair Clinic for 36 years.

Mrs. Nelson and her husband, along with her husband’s brother and sister-in-law, Lester “Gus” and Charis Nelson, were all owners of the Nelson Brothers clothier in Blair until 1984.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Blair, the United Methodist Women, and the Evening Circle; former member and past Worthy Matron of the Washington chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and former member of Chapter HL of PEO, all of Blair.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Deb Nelson of Beatrice; daughter and son-in-law, Prudy and Bill Cemer of Blair; five grandchildren and spouses, Chad and Mimi Cemer, Ryan and Megan Nelson, Nick and Hilary Cemer, Blake and Sara Cemer and Erin and T.J. Schlake; six great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Virginia Larson of Oakland; brother-n-law, Merlin W. “Curly” Nelson, also of Oakland; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Emery, in Aug. of 1993; a brother, William “Bill” Larson; and great-grandson, Tyler Cemer.

Memorials are suggested to the Crowell Memorial Home or First United Methodist Church in Blair.

#2 Omaha World Herald 3 Feb 2009

NELSON – Patricia A., age 81, Blair, NE. Widow of J. Emery. Survived by children, Jeff and Debbie Nelson, Beatrice, NE, Prudy and Bill Cemer, Blair, NE; 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grand-children; sister-in-law, Virginia Larson; brother-in-law, Curly Nelson, both Oakland, NE

FUNERAL SERVICE 11 am Friday Grace United Methodist Church, Kennard, NE. VISITATION Thursday 2-8 pm with family receiving friends 6-8 pm, at Funeral Home. VISITATION Friday at Church 1 hour prior to Service, Burial Blair Cemetery, Blair, NE, Memorials to Crowell Memorial Home and First United Methodist Church, both Blair, NE. RECKMEYER-MOSER FUNERAL HOME Arlington, NE 402-721-4490

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Memory of Patricia A. Nelson

October 8, 1927 Laurel, Nebraska ~ February 2, 2009, Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services 11:00 AM Friday, February 2, 2009 Grace United Methodist Church, Kennard, Nebraska. Officiating: The Rev. Dennis Silk. Music Selections: “Pass It On”, “Children Of The Heavenly Father” Congregational Hymns “I Walk Today Where Jesus Walked”, “If You Could See Me Now” Jon Palmquist, Soloist—Katy Flynn, Organist.

Honorary Pallbearers: Betty Megrue, Helen Macholan, Ardis Grace, Shirley Gutschow, Ellenora Plugge, Wilma Wolff, and the Staff of Crowell Memorial Home

Pallbearers: Randy Nelson, Mark Janky, Marshall Nelson, Terry Brechbill, Walter Henrichs, Dr. Jim Jordan, Marty Larson, Kirby Larson

Interment: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home, Arlington, Nebraska

~~~ Obituaries and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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