Pilot Tribune 28 Nov 1977
Services For Rev. Nielsen were Monday
Services for 92 year old Rev. Frank Nielsen were held on Monday, November 28th, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Rev. Nielsen died at the Good Shepherd Home on Friday, November 25, 1977.
Rev. Nielsen was born on January 12, 1885 in West Brook, Maine. He had been married to Hilda Marie Larsen who preceded him in death.
The First Lutheran Church services were conducted by Rev. Albers and Rev. Stoltz. Burial will be in the Blair Cemetery under the direction Campbell Mortuary.
Rev. Nielsen is survived by the following children: Homer Nielsen, of Blair; Rev, Luther M. Nielsen, of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Herbert (Ruth) Jeppesen, Des Plains, Illinois; Mrs. Cecil (Vera) Currier, St. Pete, Florida. There are six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren surviving. Rev. Nielsen has one surviving sister, Mrs. Mary Jensen of Maine.
Pallbearers were: Nelson Boe, Richard Boe, Paul Petersen, Herbert Jeppesen, Steve Refsell and Dr. Clifford Madsen.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
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