Obituary Record

Nellie Rose (Wilkins) Nielsen
Died on 4/20/1994
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Nellie Rose Nielsen, 77

Services for Nellie Rose Nielsen, age 77 of Blair, who died at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha April 20, 1994 were Friday, April 22 at First Methodist Church with burial in the Blair Cemetery.

Nellie Rose Nielsen was born November 14, 1916 at Blair, Nebraska to Cleon and Bessie Reeh Wilkins. She attended the rural Sutherland School and graduated from Blair High School in 1933. She received her bachelors degree from Dana College.

She taught in rural Blair Schools, and later in Missouri Valley, Iowa, retiring in 1983.

On October 17, 1954 she married William H. Nielsen, at Blair, Nebraska.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Rolland “Bud” Wilkins.

Surviving her are her husband, William; daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Don Mahan, Omaha, Nebraska and two grandchildren, Jason Mahan and Courtney Mahan, both of Omaha.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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

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