1916
Bertha
2007
Bertha Nelson
May 16, 1916 — May 3, 2007
Bertha Nelson, 90, passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at the Benedictine Health Center in Duluth, MN where she resided since 1999.
Bertha Catherine Danielson was born May 16, 1916 in Lisbon, ND to Carl and Bertha (Ronning) Danielson. She graduated from Buffalo High School and subsequently attended Valley City (ND) Teachers College. She met Joel S. Nelson when they were both teachers in Tower City, ND, and they were married March 9, 1943, in the home of her parents.
They spent the early years of marriage in Grafton, ND, raising their two children and working at the family owned drugstore, Nelson Rexall Drug. After moving to Fargo, ND, in 1961, Bertha returned to college at Moorhead (MN) State University and pursued a degree in special education. She loved her work as a special education teacher at the Opportunity School in Fargo and later with the Fargo Public School System until her retirement.
Bertha was an active member of Pontoppidan Lutheran Church of Fargo until 1997, when she moved to Duluth to be closer to her children. Bertha had an engaging personality and a warm and generous spirit. She was a wonderful mother, mother-in-law, grandma, great-grandma, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed by all who loved her.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Benedictine Health Center for the excellent care and friendship they gave Bertha and her family during the years she resided there.
Bertha was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 54 years, Joel; three sisters, Clara, Mabel, and Amanda; and three brothers, Henry, Donald and Edward.
She is survived by her daughter, Joelanne (Richard) Asp of University Park, FL; son, Jon (Marie) Nelson of Duluth; grandchildren, Kristen (Douglas) Poll of Sarasota, FL, Jennifer Jensen of University Park, and Joel and Cameron Nelson of Duluth; and great-
Visitation: Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM with a Prayer Service at 7:30 PM, at Korsmo Funeral Service, Moorhead.
Funeral: Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 10:30 AM at Pontoppidan Lutheran Church, Fargo, with a luncheon reception following the service.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City.
Bertha Catherine Danielson was born May 16, 1916 in Lisbon, ND to Carl and Bertha (Ronning) Danielson. She graduated from Buffalo High School and subsequently attended Valley City (ND) Teachers College. She met Joel S. Nelson when they were both teachers in Tower City, ND, and they were married March 9, 1943, in the home of her parents.
They spent the early years of marriage in Grafton, ND, raising their two children and working at the family owned drugstore, Nelson Rexall Drug. After moving to Fargo, ND, in 1961, Bertha returned to college at Moorhead (MN) State University and pursued a degree in special education. She loved her work as a special education teacher at the Opportunity School in Fargo and later with the Fargo Public School System until her retirement.
Bertha was an active member of Pontoppidan Lutheran Church of Fargo until 1997, when she moved to Duluth to be closer to her children. Bertha had an engaging personality and a warm and generous spirit. She was a wonderful mother, mother-in-law, grandma, great-grandma, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed by all who loved her.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Benedictine Health Center for the excellent care and friendship they gave Bertha and her family during the years she resided there.
Bertha was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 54 years, Joel; three sisters, Clara, Mabel, and Amanda; and three brothers, Henry, Donald and Edward.
She is survived by her daughter, Joelanne (Richard) Asp of University Park, FL; son, Jon (Marie) Nelson of Duluth; grandchildren, Kristen (Douglas) Poll of Sarasota, FL, Jennifer Jensen of University Park, and Joel and Cameron Nelson of Duluth; and great-
Visitation: Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM with a Prayer Service at 7:30 PM, at Korsmo Funeral Service, Moorhead.
Funeral: Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 10:30 AM at Pontoppidan Lutheran Church, Fargo, with a luncheon reception following the service.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City.
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