From the April 21, 1999, edition of The Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA)
DAVENPORT -- Services for Betty W. Nelson, of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. Mrs. Nelson died Sunday, April 18, 1999, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport. She was employed 30 years as a women's retail buyer at Petersen Harned Von Maur and Scharff's. Betty White was born Dec. 31, 1918, at Clear Lake, Minn., to Arthur T. and Beth (Jesdahl) White. She married Darol A. Nelson in September 1936 in Decorah, Iowa. He died Oct. 7, 1980. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport; a 50-year member of Eastern Star; and a member of Business and Professional Women's Club. She enjoyed sewing, golfing, playing the piano, reading and traveling. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport, and National Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Jacquelyn and Donald Davis, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Barbara and Neil Ells, Moline; a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Carole Anne Nelson, White Bear Lake, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Lamb, Seattle, and Gladys Peters, Clear Lake, Minn.; and a companion and special friend, James Turner, Laramie, Wyo.
DAVENPORT -- Services for Betty W. Nelson, of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. Mrs. Nelson died Sunday, April 18, 1999, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport. She was employed 30 years as a women's retail buyer at Petersen Harned Von Maur and Scharff's. Betty White was born Dec. 31, 1918, at Clear Lake, Minn., to Arthur T. and Beth (Jesdahl) White. She married Darol A. Nelson in September 1936 in Decorah, Iowa. He died Oct. 7, 1980. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport; a 50-year member of Eastern Star; and a member of Business and Professional Women's Club. She enjoyed sewing, golfing, playing the piano, reading and traveling. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport, and National Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Jacquelyn and Donald Davis, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Barbara and Neil Ells, Moline; a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Carole Anne Nelson, White Bear Lake, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Lamb, Seattle, and Gladys Peters, Clear Lake, Minn.; and a companion and special friend, James Turner, Laramie, Wyo.
From the April 21, 1999, edition of The Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA)
DAVENPORT -- Services for Betty W. Nelson, of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. Mrs. Nelson died Sunday, April 18, 1999, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport. She was employed 30 years as a women's retail buyer at Petersen Harned Von Maur and Scharff's. Betty White was born Dec. 31, 1918, at Clear Lake, Minn., to Arthur T. and Beth (Jesdahl) White. She married Darol A. Nelson in September 1936 in Decorah, Iowa. He died Oct. 7, 1980. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport; a 50-year member of Eastern Star; and a member of Business and Professional Women's Club. She enjoyed sewing, golfing, playing the piano, reading and traveling. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport, and National Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Jacquelyn and Donald Davis, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Barbara and Neil Ells, Moline; a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Carole Anne Nelson, White Bear Lake, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Lamb, Seattle, and Gladys Peters, Clear Lake, Minn.; and a companion and special friend, James Turner, Laramie, Wyo.
DAVENPORT -- Services for Betty W. Nelson, of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. Mrs. Nelson died Sunday, April 18, 1999, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport. She was employed 30 years as a women's retail buyer at Petersen Harned Von Maur and Scharff's. Betty White was born Dec. 31, 1918, at Clear Lake, Minn., to Arthur T. and Beth (Jesdahl) White. She married Darol A. Nelson in September 1936 in Decorah, Iowa. He died Oct. 7, 1980. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport; a 50-year member of Eastern Star; and a member of Business and Professional Women's Club. She enjoyed sewing, golfing, playing the piano, reading and traveling. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, Davenport, and National Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Jacquelyn and Donald Davis, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Barbara and Neil Ells, Moline; a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Carole Anne Nelson, White Bear Lake, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Lamb, Seattle, and Gladys Peters, Clear Lake, Minn.; and a companion and special friend, James Turner, Laramie, Wyo.
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