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Obituary- Nelson, Ruth

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Ruth Campbell Tomlinson Nelson
Birth: May 8, 1897
Topeka
Shawnee County Kansas, USA
Death: Jul. 12, 1961
Topeka
Shawnee County Kansas, USA
The Topeka Daily Capital
Thursday
July 13, 1961
Mrs. Nelson Is Dead at 64; Rites Friday
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the
Penwell-Gabel Chapel for Mrs. Ruth Tomlinson
NELSON, 64, of 113 Woodlawn, who died in a
Topeka hospital Wednesday after a short
illness.
She was born May 8, 1897, at 113 Woodlawn and lived there her entire life. She was graduated at Topeka High School and Washburn University and was one of the founders of the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi.
Mrs. Nelson taught in the Potwin Grade School following her graduation.
She was a member of the Potwin Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder and an active member of women's organizations.
She was a member of the United Church Women, Stormont-Vail Auxiliary, Kansas Bankers Auxiliary, Daughters of the American Revolution, West Side Forestry Club and other organizations.
She and her husband, Harold Frank Nelson, a banker and president of the Topeka Council of Churches, were married July 2, 1921. He died in 1949.
Surviving are three sons, Kenneth W. Nelson, 1826 Arnold, Harry L. Nelson II of Livermore, Calif., and Charles T. Nelson of Stockton, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia RIEDESEL of Fairmount, Minn.; a brother, William A. TOMLINSON, 1529 Jewell, and eight grandchildren.
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Family links:
Parents:
Charles Edward Tomlinson (1846 - 1923) Emma Campbell Tomlinson (1863 - 1940)
Spouse:
Harold Frank Nelson (1899 - 1949)*
Siblings:
Emma Tomlinson Bolton (1891 - 1919)* Carrie May Tomlinson Kimmel (1893 - 1933)* William Alfred Tomlinson (1895 - 1974)*
Ruth Campbell Tomlinson Nelson (1897 -
1961)
♦Calculated relationship
Burial:
Mount Hope Cemetery
Topeka
Shawnee County
Kansas, USA
Plot: Abbey Memorial
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Created by: Dale Bernhardt Record added: Jul 02, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 54398719
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