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Grace Darling <I>Lee</I> Nelson

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Grace Darling Lee Nelson

Birth
Humboldt, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Death
13 Apr 2008 (aged 102)
Viborg, Turner County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Hurley, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Grace D. Nelson, 102, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Chapel in Hurley with burial in the Hurley Cemetery.

Grace Darling Lee was born on June 6, 1905 at Humboldt, South Dakota to William and Emma (Eckhoff) Lee. Her family moved to Hurley when she was very young and she attended Hurley Public School. She worked for many years in Art Nelson's Store in Hurley, SD.

On February 14, 1958 she was united in marriage to Orville Nelson. They lived for a short time in Canton and Lyons, making their home in Hurley. Her husband Orville died in 1976. She has been a resident of the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home since 1995.

Surviors include Dennis and Alice Nelson, Waubay, SD, Marlene and Keith Henjum, Lennox, SD, and Mary and Dee Hanson, Sioux Falls, SD; 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; a special niece, Ruth Davie; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by Donna, her parents, husband and 5 brothers and sisters, Henry Lee, Clarence Lee, Mary Curtis, Ada Lee, and Emma Jongewaard.


Grace D. Nelson, 102, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Chapel in Hurley with burial in the Hurley Cemetery.

Grace Darling Lee was born on June 6, 1905 at Humboldt, South Dakota to William and Emma (Eckhoff) Lee. Her family moved to Hurley when she was very young and she attended Hurley Public School. She worked for many years in Art Nelson's Store in Hurley, SD.

On February 14, 1958 she was united in marriage to Orville Nelson. They lived for a short time in Canton and Lyons, making their home in Hurley. Her husband Orville died in 1976. She has been a resident of the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home since 1995.

Surviors include Dennis and Alice Nelson, Waubay, SD, Marlene and Keith Henjum, Lennox, SD, and Mary and Dee Hanson, Sioux Falls, SD; 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; a special niece, Ruth Davie; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by Donna, her parents, husband and 5 brothers and sisters, Henry Lee, Clarence Lee, Mary Curtis, Ada Lee, and Emma Jongewaard.




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