----Source: COLBY PHONOGRAPH (Colby, Wis.) 11/20/1919

Nelson, Lena (1866 - 13 NOV 1919)

Mrs. Lena Nelson of Abbotsford, Wis., died at the hospital in Chippewa Falls, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 1919, following an operation for goiter. She was 53 years of age.

Mrs. Nelson had been a resident of Abbotsford since 1883, having come to that village with her husband from Lomira, Wis. Her husband, Isaac Nelson, was buried about ten years ago. She is survived by two sons, Herbert and Arthur of Chippewa Falls, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Krone of Abbotsford, and three brothers, August of Abbotsford, Herman of Granton and William of Portland, Ore. And one sister, Mrs. Albert Franz of Chippewa Falls.

Funeral services were held from Zion Lutheran Church in this city Monday afternoon, Rev. C. C. Hartenstein officiating, and the remains laid to rest in the Colby Cemetery.