Wanda M Alumbaugh Nelson (1921-2012)

Wanda M Alumbaugh Nelson

Birth

7 Jul 1921

Allen County, Kansas, USA

Death

18 Dec 2012 (aged 91)

Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Lake Cemetery

Lamar Heights, Barton County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

Plot

M 172 (Cemetery record #6216)

Memorial ID

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The Joplin Globe

LAMAR, MO —

Wanda M. Nelson, age 91, of Lamar, Mo., died at her home Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, after a long illness.

Mrs. Nelson was born July 7, 1921, in Allen County, Kan., to George Washington and Artie Jean (Tinsley) Alumbaugh. She was retired from working with her husband and sons as office manager in the family owned Nelson Brothers Quarry, located east of Jasper, Mo.

On Feb. 25, 1939, she married Carl Andrew Nelson, at Iola, Kan. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Jasper.

Wanda leaves behind five sons, Jerry R. Nelson, Lamar, Robert W. Nelson, Joplin, John B. Nelson, Quapaw, Okla., Paul M. Nelson, Jasper, and James L. Nelson, Baxter Springs, Kan.; two daughters, Carol A. Harman, Ocola, Fla., and Mary Nelson Cook, Lamar; daughter-in-law, Virginia Nelson, Richmond, Kan.; a sister, Opal Doubleday, Taos, N.M.; 22 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Carl A. Nelson; and one son, Randy K. Nelson.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Daniel Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lake Cemetery. Grandsons and great-grandsons will be pallbearers. Visitation will be 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Daniel Funeral Home.

Contributions are suggested to First Baptist Church of Jasper in care of the funeral home.
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Additional info regarding parents of Wanda Nelson........

Inscription:
This stone is at Moran Cemetery, Moran, Allen Co., KS, but, according to fellow FindaGrave.com researcher Renate, George and Mary are not buried there. George is buried at Highland Cemetery in Iola (see Record #14871563) with his second wife, Eula (Burns) Alumbaugh (see Record #14871034).

His first wife, Artemesia Jane (Tinsley) Alumbaugh, is buried in Moran Cemetery, Moran, Allen Co., KS (see Record #14870930).

His third wife, Mary Paralee (Oliphant) Alumbaugh (8/28/1887-7/13/1982) [see Record #15668463], is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt, with her first husband, Roscoe Matthew Perkins (see Record #15668414).
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