Service tomorrow for cosmetologist Winnie Nelson, 83
A graveside service for Winnie Nelson, of Tucson, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale.
Nelson, 83, died Thursday after a long illness.
A cosmetologist for many years, Nelson opened the first beauty salon in Scottsdale in 1936, and later owned salons in Phoenix, Sunnyslope and Tempe.
She was born on a farm in Indian territory near Marlow, Okla., and moved to Arizona with her famiy in 1930.
During World War II, she worked as a naval aircraft riveter at Litchfield Park.
Nelson was a member of the Casas Adobes Community Congregational Church.
She was the widow of John R. Nelson, a farmer and landscaper in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
She is survived by a son, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence D. Nelson of Tucson; four sisters, Stella Reeder and Lee Dixon of Hennessey, Okla., Freda Ethridge of Crescent, Okla., and Cordy Rosenogle of Bagdad; three grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) Sunday, January 8, 1984, Section D, page 10.∼MARRIED 16 Nov. 1919, Kingfisher, Ok.
A graveside service for Winnie Nelson, of Tucson, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale.
Nelson, 83, died Thursday after a long illness.
A cosmetologist for many years, Nelson opened the first beauty salon in Scottsdale in 1936, and later owned salons in Phoenix, Sunnyslope and Tempe.
She was born on a farm in Indian territory near Marlow, Okla., and moved to Arizona with her famiy in 1930.
During World War II, she worked as a naval aircraft riveter at Litchfield Park.
Nelson was a member of the Casas Adobes Community Congregational Church.
She was the widow of John R. Nelson, a farmer and landscaper in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
She is survived by a son, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence D. Nelson of Tucson; four sisters, Stella Reeder and Lee Dixon of Hennessey, Okla., Freda Ethridge of Crescent, Okla., and Cordy Rosenogle of Bagdad; three grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) Sunday, January 8, 1984, Section D, page 10.∼MARRIED 16 Nov. 1919, Kingfisher, Ok.
Service tomorrow for cosmetologist Winnie Nelson, 83
A graveside service for Winnie Nelson, of Tucson, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale.
Nelson, 83, died Thursday after a long illness.
A cosmetologist for many years, Nelson opened the first beauty salon in Scottsdale in 1936, and later owned salons in Phoenix, Sunnyslope and Tempe.
She was born on a farm in Indian territory near Marlow, Okla., and moved to Arizona with her famiy in 1930.
During World War II, she worked as a naval aircraft riveter at Litchfield Park.
Nelson was a member of the Casas Adobes Community Congregational Church.
She was the widow of John R. Nelson, a farmer and landscaper in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
She is survived by a son, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence D. Nelson of Tucson; four sisters, Stella Reeder and Lee Dixon of Hennessey, Okla., Freda Ethridge of Crescent, Okla., and Cordy Rosenogle of Bagdad; three grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) Sunday, January 8, 1984, Section D, page 10.∼MARRIED 16 Nov. 1919, Kingfisher, Ok.
A graveside service for Winnie Nelson, of Tucson, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale.
Nelson, 83, died Thursday after a long illness.
A cosmetologist for many years, Nelson opened the first beauty salon in Scottsdale in 1936, and later owned salons in Phoenix, Sunnyslope and Tempe.
She was born on a farm in Indian territory near Marlow, Okla., and moved to Arizona with her famiy in 1930.
During World War II, she worked as a naval aircraft riveter at Litchfield Park.
Nelson was a member of the Casas Adobes Community Congregational Church.
She was the widow of John R. Nelson, a farmer and landscaper in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
She is survived by a son, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence D. Nelson of Tucson; four sisters, Stella Reeder and Lee Dixon of Hennessey, Okla., Freda Ethridge of Crescent, Okla., and Cordy Rosenogle of Bagdad; three grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) Sunday, January 8, 1984, Section D, page 10.∼MARRIED 16 Nov. 1919, Kingfisher, Ok.
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