Funeral Leaflet

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Maxine LuEtta (Aagaard) Nelson, the daughter of George and Marie (Mortensen) Aagaard, was born October 12, 1925, at her parents’ home southwest of Hamlin, Iowa and died March 5, 2019, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 13 days.

Maxine was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa. She attended rural schools and the Audubon Community Schools then helped her parents operate the family farm.

On December 20, 1944, she was united in marriage to Richard Hansen Nelson at Maxine’s parents’ home east of Hamlin, Iowa, and they were blessed with five children: Roger, Shirley, Randy, Lori and Jodi. Following Richard’s honorable discharge from the U.S. Army, they moved to Maxine’s parents’ farm near Hamlin. They grew row crops and raised livestock from 1947 until 1970. During this time, Maxine helped Richard operate the farm and raised the children.

In 1971, they moved into Audubon, Iowa and Maxine continued her duties as a homemaker. Richard and Maxine later moved to the bed and breakfast where they enjoyed meeting their guests and treating them to Maxine’s delicious cinnamon rolls. Richard died on December 13, 2003. Maxine moved to Carroll, Iowa shortly after Richard’s death.

Maxine was a member of the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa and was a member of the Pricilla Guild. She was a 4-H leader and a member of the Hamlin Rural Busy Bees neighborhood club. But her favorite activity was being “Grandma.”

Preceding her in death was her husband, Richard H. Nelson; her parents; her half-brothers, Glen Aagaard and Bob and wife, Ardyce Aagaard; her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Don and wife, Lois Nelson and Norman Meyer.

Survivors include her children, Roger and wife, Rosemary, Shirley and husband, Greg, Randy and wife, Cindy, Lori and husband, Keith, and Jodi and husband, Tracey; her grandchildren: Bryan and wife, Andrea, Brent, Brandon and wife, Marla, Natalie, John and wife, Carrie, Jackie and husband, Bob, Scott and wife Kelley, Kelli, Shelbi and husband, Aaron, Colby and wife, Gigi, Torrey and wife, Brittney, Joe, Jake, Kiley and Benjamin; 23 great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Mildred and Dee; her brother-in-law, Robert; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

The family will meet with friends on Saturday morning, March 9, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor Steven Frock, Pastor of the Hamlin Lutheran Church, on Saturday March 9, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Interment will be in the Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery east of Hamlin, Iowa.

In Loving Memory of Maxine L. Nelson

Born October 12, 1925 Southwest of Hamlin, Iowa; Died March 5, 2019 Carroll, Iowa

Services Held Saturday, March 9, 2019 10:30 A.M. Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audobon, Iowa. Clergy Officiating: Pastor Steven Frock. Organist: Barb Smith. Congregational Hymns: “Holy, Holy, Holy” No. 165; “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” No. 439; “The Old Rugged Cross” (insert)

Casket Bearers: Shelbi Barriage, Scott Kirk, Brent Nelson, Torrey Nelson, Joe Evans, Jake Larsen, Bryan Nelson, Ben Wellendorf, Kelli Kirk, Brandon Nelson, Colby Nelson, Kiley Wellendorf

Interment: Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery, Hamlin, Iowa

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

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