Obit: Nelson, Barbara A. (1936 – 2020)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Nelson, Schoessow, Stahnke, Kuehni

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) 05 Feb 2010

Nelson, Barbara A. (4 JUN 1936 – 3 JAN 2020)

Barbara A. Nelson, 83, Marshfield, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at Marshfield Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Christ Lutheran Church, N5743 Maple St., Chili, with Rev. Dan Schoessow officiating. Friends and family are invited to gather on Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until time of services. Barbara was laid to rest in West Spencer Cemetery in the town of Sherman.

Barbara was born on June 4, 1936, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Otto and Frieda (nee Stahnke) Kuehni. She married Maynard Nelson on Dec. 10, 1955, in Milwaukee. Sadly, Maynard passed away recently, on Nov. 22, 2019. She worked for Bell Telephone Company in Milwaukee for four years. Barbara had opened her heart into fostering infants until they were adopted out to a loving home. They relocated to the Spencer area and began operating their dairy farm. She then took a job decorating cakes at Websters bakery until working at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield as a School of Nursing house mother. Later she joined the Marshfield Clinic where she worked as an operator in the Telecommunications Department for more than 20 years, retiring in 2007. She was a member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chili. She enjoyed swimming, music, reading, baking, cooking and her flower gardens.

Barbara will be greatly missed by her loving children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Maynard; four daughters: Lori, Anne, Diane and Catherine; three grandchildren: Robby, Ariel and Nicole; her sister; two brothers-in-law; and aunts and uncles.

Barbara’s arrangements are under the care of Life Tributes Funeral Home, Spencer. Please visit www.lifetributesfuneralhome.com  to share condolences.