Mrs. Nellie F. Daland, 90, long-time Milton resident, died Monday, Dec. 30, in Cedar Crest Health Center after a brief illness.
She was born April 16, 1884, in Latah County, Idaho territory, to John and Olive Furrow, moved to Arkansas, Colorado and California before moving to Milton in 1902, where she worked in the Davis Print Shop and attended Milton College part time until 1907, when she returned to Riverside to care for her aging father who died in 1908.
On June 24, 1914, she married John N. Daland, who preceded her in death in 1959. She devoted most of her life to being the eyes for her husband, who from infancy was nearly blind, but who served Milton College faithfully for many years, being Dean for nearly 35 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Daland, Milton; a son, Robert, North Carolina; two grandsons, David Norton Daland, Wilmington, N. C., and William Christopher Daland, North Carolina; and a sister, Daisy Allen, Riverside, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 4, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Mrs. Nellie F. Daland, 90, long-time Milton resident, died Monday, Dec. 30, in Cedar Crest Health Center after a brief illness.
She was born April 16, 1884, in Latah County, Idaho territory, to John and Olive Furrow, moved to Arkansas, Colorado and California before moving to Milton in 1902, where she worked in the Davis Print Shop and attended Milton College part time until 1907, when she returned to Riverside to care for her aging father who died in 1908.
On June 24, 1914, she married John N. Daland, who preceded her in death in 1959. She devoted most of her life to being the eyes for her husband, who from infancy was nearly blind, but who served Milton College faithfully for many years, being Dean for nearly 35 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Daland, Milton; a son, Robert, North Carolina; two grandsons, David Norton Daland, Wilmington, N. C., and William Christopher Daland, North Carolina; and a sister, Daisy Allen, Riverside, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 4, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
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