Irene May Bledsoe Nelson Cease

1918 - 2001  (82 years)

• Name	Irene May Bledsoe Nelson Cease
  Born	31 Aug 1918	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Jul 2001	Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska
  Buried	Wamego City Cemetery, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2076	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Claude Bledsoe
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Moyer Bledsoe
  Family ID	F536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Paul Nelson
  Children	1. Paulette Sue Nelson Glover
  Last Modified	26 May 2016 15:45:24
  Family ID	F1036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Carl L Cease, Sr.
  Married	May 1962
  Last Modified	26 May 2016 15:45:51
  Family ID	F1037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cease, Irene Irene Cease Wamego – Irene May Bledsoe Nelson Cease, 82, Wamego, died Saturday, July 21, 2001, at a Plattsmouth, Neb., care center. Mrs. Cease owned and operated a trucking company. She was born Aug. 31, 1918, in Rossville, the daughter of Claude and Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Moyer Bledsoe. She attended school in Wamego and graduated from Wamego High School in 1937. She attended Emporia State University. Mrs. Cease was a member of Rebekah’s Order and First Baptist Church, both in Wamego. She also was a former Girl Scout Council leader. She married Paul Nelson, who preceded her in death. She later married Carl L. Cease Sr. in May 1962. He survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Paulette Sue Glover, Omaha, Neb.; a stepdaughter, Dawn Marie Blume, Milford; three stepsons, Carl Cease Jr., Scribner, Neb., and William Cease and Larry Cease; three sisters, Ada Harrell and Addrenne Roth, both of Donna, Texas, and Mary Jane “Tiny” Perine, Wamego; two granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; nine step grandchildren; and 11 step great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. Burial will be in Wamego City Cemetery. Mrs. Cease will lie in state at the funeral home after noon Friday, where visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m.