Obit: Preston, Emma #2 (1882 - 1963)

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Surnames: Preston, Nelson, Martin

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11/28/1963

Preston, Emma (13 APR 1882 - 21 NOV 1963)

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Preston, 81, of Colby, who died Thursday at the Havenet Nursing Home at Owen, were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Neillsville Theater.

Burial took place in the Garden City, Minn. Cemetery.

The former Emma Nelson was born April 13, 1882, at Wisner, Neb., and she received her education there. In 1906 she was married in Minnesota to Charles F. Preston.

She lived in Minnesota until 1960, when she moved to Colby.

Surviving, besides her husband, are a son, Charles Preston of Appleton; a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Martin, and a brother, Charles Nelson, both of Fergus Falls, Inn. Preceding her in death were two brothers and a sister.