Mary Etta Vorhies Nelson

1858 - 1945  (86 years)

• Name	Mary Etta Vorhies Nelson
  Born	6 Oct 1858	Shannon City, Union County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Aug 1945	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5464	Rossville
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Josiah Vorhies,   b. 17 Oct 1832, Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio ,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Paulina Quinn Vorhies,   b. 1835,   d. 1907  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Victor Guy Nelson,   b. 14 Nov 1887,   d. 6 Nov 1978  (Age 90 years)   2. Verna Leota Nelson Burtenshaw,   b. 21 Aug 1894,   d. 24 Mar 1986  (Age 91 years)   3. Roy Nelson
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2018 11:01:20
  Family ID	F6763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Oct 1858 - Shannon City, Union County, Iowa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Nelson, Mary Etta Mrs. Etta Nelson [Headstone says date of death 14 Aug 1945] Mrs. Etta Vorhies Nelson, nearing her 87th birthday anniversary, and the eldest child of the Vorhies family, resident of Topeka and Rossville for over 40 years, died Tuesday at her home, 148 Hill Street. She was born October 6, 1858, in Shannon City, Iowa, and had been a resident of Topeka since 1905. She was a member of the Potwin Presbyterian Church whose pastor, assisted by Dr. H.L. Nelson will conduct the funeral service at the Wall-Diffenderfer Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Verna Burtenshaw, of the home; two sons, Roy Nelson, Key West, Fla. and Guy Nelson, Topeka; four brothers, Charles and Elton Vorhies, of Rossville; Roy Vorhies, Long Beach, Calif.; and Frank Vorhies, of Shannon City, Iowa; and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Webb, Laurel, Neb., and Mrs. Rebecca Yocum of Topeka. The pallbearers will be Messs. C.E. Gresser, Gus Kassebaum, Morris BOnd, Sidney Stumbaugh, C.E. Van Vleck and Bert Heslet, all of Rossville. [From 6 Aug 1945]