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Mary Etta Vorhies Nelson

Female 1858 - 1945  (86 years)


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

    Father Josiah Vorhies,   b. 17 Oct 1832, Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Oct 1858 - Shannon City, Union County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Nelson, Mary Etta
    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]