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Edith <I>Tanksley</I> Nilson

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Edith Tanksley Nilson

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20 Dec 1999 (aged 90)
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Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Edith Nilson of Bedford, IN, died Monday, December 20, 1999, at the Bedford Regional Medical Center. Born on October 21, 1909, in Heltonville, IN, she was the daughter of Howard and Anna (Helton) Tanksley. She married Roy Nilson on May 18, 1928, and he died August 2, 1967.

Surviving are two sons, William A. Nilson of Kokomo, IN, and Edward F. Nilson of Bedford, IN; one brother, Norval Tanksley of Indianapolis; four sisters: Evelyn Turpen and June Wilcoxsen, both of Indianapolis, Josephine Byers of Heltonville, IN, and Elma Olivera of California; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by one son, John Philip Nilson, and two brothers, Norton and Norman Tanksley.

She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church of Heltonville.

Services for Edith Nilson will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 23rd, at the Day & Carter Mortuary with the Rev. Robert Dailey officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Edith Nilson of Bedford, IN, died Monday, December 20, 1999, at the Bedford Regional Medical Center. Born on October 21, 1909, in Heltonville, IN, she was the daughter of Howard and Anna (Helton) Tanksley. She married Roy Nilson on May 18, 1928, and he died August 2, 1967.

Surviving are two sons, William A. Nilson of Kokomo, IN, and Edward F. Nilson of Bedford, IN; one brother, Norval Tanksley of Indianapolis; four sisters: Evelyn Turpen and June Wilcoxsen, both of Indianapolis, Josephine Byers of Heltonville, IN, and Elma Olivera of California; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by one son, John Philip Nilson, and two brothers, Norton and Norman Tanksley.

She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church of Heltonville.

Services for Edith Nilson will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 23rd, at the Day & Carter Mortuary with the Rev. Robert Dailey officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.


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