Obituary Record

Elisabeth (Petersen) Nielsen
Died on 6/19/1947
Buried in Blair Cemetery

19 June, 1947 - The Enterprise - Elisabeth Nielsen

MRS. S. P. NIELSEN DIES AT 79 YEARS

Mrs. Elisabeth Nielsen, widow of the late Soren Peter Nielsen, passed away in her home on West Washington Street at 7 o’clock the morning of June 19 as a result of pneumonia. She was born in Denmark on March 11, 1868, came to America as a young woman and was married at Rose Hill in this county on June 4, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen lived in the Vacoma neighborhood for a short while, moving later to the farm in the Rose Hill district. In 1918 they retired and moved to Blair where Mr. Nielsen passed on April 7, 1946.

Mrs. Nielsen was the mother of six children, one of whom, a daughter, Emma, passed away in 1910 at the age of three years. Those who survive are Alfred of Herman, George of Blair, Mrs. Hans Petersen, Niels of Blair and Walter of Blair. There are also 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

The funeral services will be held in the First Lutheran Church on Sunday, June 22, at 2 o’clock.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #117623254

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 6/19/1947


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