MRS. O. J. NELSEN RITES SATURDAY

Mrs. O. J. Nelsen of Detroit, Michigan, formerly of Blair, died at the home of her daughter in Detroit last Tuesday. The body will be brought to Blair, arriving Friday, and funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church, followed by interment in the Blair cemetery.

#2 Enterprise 28 Oct 1943

Mrs. Rose Nelson Rites Last Sat.

Mrs. Rose Nelson, sister-in-law of Mrs. Paul J. Paulsen, of Blair, and the widow of Olaf J. Nelson, a former resident of Blair, passed away in Detroit, Michigan last week and her body was brought to Blair for burial. Funeral services were held at the First Lutheran Church last Saturday, October 23, Rev. H.C. Jorgensen officiating. Burial was made in the Blair cemetery.

Mrs. Nelson is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bierman, of Detroit, Michigan, a son, Marvin, who is a student at the University of Nebraska, by two sisters and five brothers.

#3 Pilot-Tribune 29 Oct 1943

MRS. ROSE NELSON, EX-RESIDENT, DIES

Mrs. Rose Nelson, onetime Blairite, whose husband, the late Olaf J. Nelson, was once night operator at the Blair depot, died last week in Detroit, Mich. The body was returned to Blair, and funeral services were held Saturday at First Lutheran church, the Rev. H.C. Jorgensen officiating. Burial followed in Blair cemetery.

Mrs. Nelson, sister-in-law of Mrs. Paul j. Paulsen, of north of Blair, is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bierman of Detroit, and a son, Marvin, student at the University of Nebraska. There are two sisters and five brothers.

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

FindaGrave #109824683 Note: The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives records her husband's name as Olaf Han Jorgen Nelson and his wife's name Rose C. (Larsen)

Name: Rose Nelson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Oct 1943
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1878
Birthplace: Washington Island, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Christian Larsen
Mother's Name: Marie Catherine Graves
Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFWD-MY5 : 13 March 2018), Marie Catherine Graves in entry for Rose Nelson, 18 Oct 1943; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,906.

Name: Rose Nelson

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1910

Event Place: Shell Creek, Madison, Nebraska, United States

Event Place (Original): Shell Creek, , Nebraska

Gender: Female

Age: 32

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Birth Year (Estimated): 1878

Birthplace: Wisconsin

Father's Birthplace: Denmark

Mother's Birthplace: Denmark

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace O J Nelson Head M 26 Nebraska Rose Nelson Wife F 32 Wisconsin Maxine Nelson Daughter F 1 Nebraska Marie Larson Mother-in-law F 67 Denmark Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML45-N12 : accessed 23 March 2020), Marie Larson in household of O J Nelson, Shell Creek, Madison, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 7B, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 851; FHL microfilm 1,374,864.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #109824683