Lucille Nelson, 84, Fergus Falls, MN

1922 - 2006

Lucille Nelson

Lucille Nelson, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls.

She was born May 27, 1922, in Bangor Township, rural Brooten, Minn., to Odin and Blanche (Wendlund) Hanson. She was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church at Brooten by the Rev. A. H. Hoyme. She attended grade school at District 31, rural Brooten, and graduated from Brooten High School in 1940.

On Nov. 15, 1942, she was married to S. C. Nelson in Trinity Lutheran Church at Brooten also by the Rev. Hoyme. They made their home in Brooten where she was very active in community and church activities. In 1969 they moved to Fergus Falls after selling their business and retiring. In 1979 they moved to Alexandria and returned to Fergus Falls in 1993. Mr. Nelson died in 1995. She entered the Pioneer Care Center in April of 2005.

She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church and Circle and also Reader’s Club. She enjoyed traveling, fishing trips to Canada, golfing, playing bridge and flower gardening. She loved to decorate and entertain and was much appreciated by her family for her cooking skills. At the age of 63 she took up deer hunting and shot her first deer. She also went antelope hunting in Wyoming. She was a fun loving person who lived life to the fullest.

She is survived by her children: Douglas (Virginia) Nelson of Fergus Falls, Deborah (Mike) Laub of Dellwood, Minn., and Rebecca (Mark) Wolters of Woodbury, Minn.; seven grandchildren: Stephanie (Mark) Malingen, Amy (Eric) Trast, Erin (Andy) Braun, Sarah Laub, Mara Laub, Benjamin Wolters and Caitlin Wolters; four great-grandchildren: Emily and Theo Trast, Olivia Braun and David Malingen; sister, Ramona (Dean) Reese of Brooklyn Center, Minn.; sister-in-law, Jackie Hanson of Becker, Minn.; several cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, S.C.; an infant son, Scott Curtis; brother, Herb Hanson; and sisters: Elda and Winnifred Hanson and Edyth Baalson.

Visitation: Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls
Clergy: Rev. Paul Nelson
Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Brooten, Minn.
Funeral Home: Glende-Nilson Funeral Home of Fergus Falls