Gladys F. Nelson, 67, Carterville, died at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, after a long illness.
Mrs. Nelson was born March 27, 1925, at Seneca. She was a lifelong area resident. She had worked as a cook at Truckers Inn, south of Joplin. She retired in 1986. She was a member of Hart Baptist Church, south of Seneca.
She married Robert Nelson in July 1944 at Columbus, KS. He died May 1, 1977.
Survivors include a son, Troy E. Nelson, Webb City; a daughter, Sharon Hillegus, Carterville; a brother Harold Gene Arehart, Joplin; and seven grandchildren.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin. Burial was in Swars Prairie Cemetery, near Seneca.
Pallbearers were Harold Arehart, Marvin Grow, Bobby Graves, Al Baker, Tod Vaughn, Mark Vaughn and Doug Wallace.
Mrs. Nelson was born March 27, 1925, at Seneca. She was a lifelong area resident. She had worked as a cook at Truckers Inn, south of Joplin. She retired in 1986. She was a member of Hart Baptist Church, south of Seneca.
She married Robert Nelson in July 1944 at Columbus, KS. He died May 1, 1977.
Survivors include a son, Troy E. Nelson, Webb City; a daughter, Sharon Hillegus, Carterville; a brother Harold Gene Arehart, Joplin; and seven grandchildren.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin. Burial was in Swars Prairie Cemetery, near Seneca.
Pallbearers were Harold Arehart, Marvin Grow, Bobby Graves, Al Baker, Tod Vaughn, Mark Vaughn and Doug Wallace.
Gladys F. Nelson, 67, Carterville, died at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, after a long illness.
Mrs. Nelson was born March 27, 1925, at Seneca. She was a lifelong area resident. She had worked as a cook at Truckers Inn, south of Joplin. She retired in 1986. She was a member of Hart Baptist Church, south of Seneca.
She married Robert Nelson in July 1944 at Columbus, KS. He died May 1, 1977.
Survivors include a son, Troy E. Nelson, Webb City; a daughter, Sharon Hillegus, Carterville; a brother Harold Gene Arehart, Joplin; and seven grandchildren.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin. Burial was in Swars Prairie Cemetery, near Seneca.
Pallbearers were Harold Arehart, Marvin Grow, Bobby Graves, Al Baker, Tod Vaughn, Mark Vaughn and Doug Wallace.
Mrs. Nelson was born March 27, 1925, at Seneca. She was a lifelong area resident. She had worked as a cook at Truckers Inn, south of Joplin. She retired in 1986. She was a member of Hart Baptist Church, south of Seneca.
She married Robert Nelson in July 1944 at Columbus, KS. He died May 1, 1977.
Survivors include a son, Troy E. Nelson, Webb City; a daughter, Sharon Hillegus, Carterville; a brother Harold Gene Arehart, Joplin; and seven grandchildren.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin. Burial was in Swars Prairie Cemetery, near Seneca.
Pallbearers were Harold Arehart, Marvin Grow, Bobby Graves, Al Baker, Tod Vaughn, Mark Vaughn and Doug Wallace.
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