Mabel Nelson, 101, died Tuesday, June 12, 1990, at Rock Haven.
She was born Aug. 25. 1888, in Moody County, S. D., the daughter of Hector and Emma (Ellis) Severance. She married Charles A. Nelson Aug. 19, 1909, in Elcho, Wis. Mrs. Nelson was a longtime resident of Milton and a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are her two sons, Erlo of Milton and Nolan of Austin, Texas; 2 daughters, Vera Klein of Elgin, Ill., and Reva Stump of St. Paul, Minn.; seven grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Myra Haskins of Long Beach, Calif.; one brother, Harlan Severance of Medical Lake, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles; 2 sisters; and four brothers.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 15, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery.
Albrecht Funeral Home in Milton handled the arrangements.