Obituary Record

Raida (Rasmussen) Nelson
Died on 3/3/1966
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Pilot Tribune 7 Mar 1966

Services Monday For Mrs. Nelson

Funeral services will be held today (Monday) for Mrs. Nels Nelson, 2143 Front St., 68 years of age, who died Thursday.

The services will be held at First Lutheran Church at 2 p.m., the Rev George Palleson officiating with interment in Blair Cemetery.

Mrs. Nelson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Martin P. Hansen of Blair and Mrs. Arthur Mason of Fremont; sisters, Mrs. Wina Vlrich of Hooper and Mrs. Irma Christensen of Fremont; half sisters and brothers, Clarence Rasmussen of Omaha, Lester and Donald Rasmussen of Illinois, Mrs. Carl Anderson of Fremont and Mrs. John Mitchell of Illinois.

Mrs. Nelson, the former Raida Rasmussen was born Oct. 28, 1897 in Dodge County. Her husband preceded her in death.

Pallbearers will be George Nelson, Robert Blobaum, Calvin Jorgensen, Edward Hansen, Clark Lippincott and Dennis Altekruse.

Campbell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

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

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 3/7/1966


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