Marie Nielsen Is Buried In Blair Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs. Gifford (Marie) Nielsen, 68, 2114 N. D. St., Fremont, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 3, 1979, at the Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont with the Rev. Dan Hansen of First Lutheran Church officiating.

Mrs. Nielsen died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital of Dodge County. She was born April 21, 1911, in Fort Calhoun. She had lived in Fremont since 1966, and had previously resided in Fort Calhoun and Blair.

She was a 1928 graduate of Fort Calhoun High School and attended Dana College in Blair. She taught in the Long Creek and Brewster school districts.

Mrs. Nielsen married Gifford T. Nielsen on April 14, 1937, at Blair. She was a member of First Lutheran Church and Naomi Chapter 121 of the order of the Eastern Star in Fort Calhoun and would have received her 50-year membership pin this month.

Survivors include her husband Gifford, three sons; James and Duane, Blair, and Roger, Bennington; two daughters: Mrs. Richard (Marlene) Hansen, Imperial; and Mrs. Ronald (Betty) Mlejnek, Hastings, four sisters: Mrs. Julia Melotz, Blair, Mrs. Helen Kruse, Omaha, Mrs. Alma Larsen, Omaha, and Mrs. Fred (Gertrude) Heise, Blair; and 13 grandchildren.

Furthur services for Mrs. Nielsen were at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Blair with the Rev. John Petersen and the Rev. Dan Hansen officiating.

Mrs. Ronald Lau was organist at the services in Blair. Soloist was Mrs. Lawrence Lindgren.

Pallbearers were John Melotz, Kenneth Larsen, Marvin Heise, Eugene Kruse, Warren Nielsen and Donald Nielsen.

Burial was in the Blair Cemetery.

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In Memory of Mrs. Gifford (Marie Sierk) Nielsen

April 21, 1911 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska ~ July 1, 1979 Fremont, Nebraska

Funeral Services Tuesday, July 3, 1979 11:00 A.M. Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont, Nebraska. Officiating: The Rev. Don Hansen. Organist: Mrs. Ronald Lau. Soloist: Mrs. Lawrence Lindgren. Selections: “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, Beautiful Savior”

Further Services Tuesday, July 3, 1979 2:30 P.M. First Lutheran Church, Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Pastor John Petersen and Rev. Dan Hansen. Organist: Mrs. Clare Cowing. Soloist: Mr. Kermit Goll. Selections: “How Great Thou Art”, “Beyond The Sunset”

Pallbearers are Nephews: John Melotz, Kenneth Larsen, Marvin Heise, Eugene Kruse, Warren Nielsen, Donald Nielsen

Interment: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont, Nebraska

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

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