Obit: Nelson, Anton N. - Dr. (1878 - 1958)
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Surnames: Nelson, Lee
----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 07/03/1958
Nelson, Anton N. - Dr. (10 FEB 1878 - 25 JUN 1958)
Dr. Anton N. Nelson, 80, Clear Lake and formerly of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), a physician for 45 years until his retirement five years ago, and father of State Sen. Gaylord Nelson, Democratic candidate for governor, died last Wednesday in a La Crosse Hospital.
Dr. Nelson collapsed with a heart attack as he attended the Democratic state convention in La Crosse, and had since been hospitalized. He was born Feb. 20, 1878 in Thorp and before taking up the medical profession was a teacher at the Thorp Public Schools and at Perkinstown.
He was also the father of Mrs. Karl Lee, Madison. She and Mrs. Gaylord Nelson were at his bedside at the time of his death.
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