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Nelson Ellsworth “Nels” Pray

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Nelson Ellsworth “Nels” Pray

Birth
Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
15 Feb 1972 (aged 82)
Oxford, Marquette County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot
West side of 2nd southernmost block.
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Nelson E. Pray
NECEDAH — Nelson E.
Pray, 82, Necedah, died
Tuesday at Oxford Convalescent
Home following a lingering
illness.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Friday at the
Methodist Church here with the
Rev. Calmer Overlien of-
ficiating. Burial will be in
Bayview Cemetery.
Mr. Pray was born Jan. 30,
1890, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Pray, Necedah. A
lifelong resident of this area,
he was employed as a laborer.
Surivors include a son...
nine daughters...
...a half-brother, George
Burlingame, Wisconsin Rapids;
two half-sisters, Mrs. Sylvia
O'Dell, Evansville, and Nancy
Burlingame, Sparta...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 16, 1972
Excerpt of obit to avoid copyright infringement.

(Obit also in The La Crosse Tribune; February 17, 1972.)

1910 Census: [revised]
Home in 1910: Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Charlotte Morey 76 Head
Nelson E Ray/Pray 20 Grandson
Nelson E. Pray
NECEDAH — Nelson E.
Pray, 82, Necedah, died
Tuesday at Oxford Convalescent
Home following a lingering
illness.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Friday at the
Methodist Church here with the
Rev. Calmer Overlien of-
ficiating. Burial will be in
Bayview Cemetery.
Mr. Pray was born Jan. 30,
1890, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Pray, Necedah. A
lifelong resident of this area,
he was employed as a laborer.
Surivors include a son...
nine daughters...
...a half-brother, George
Burlingame, Wisconsin Rapids;
two half-sisters, Mrs. Sylvia
O'Dell, Evansville, and Nancy
Burlingame, Sparta...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 16, 1972
Excerpt of obit to avoid copyright infringement.

(Obit also in The La Crosse Tribune; February 17, 1972.)

1910 Census: [revised]
Home in 1910: Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Charlotte Morey 76 Head
Nelson E Ray/Pray 20 Grandson

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Next to Gladys Brodt.

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