Mary Etta Vorhies Nelson

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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]