Nettie Y. (Shelton) Nelson
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Jens Nelson
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Eagle County Blade page 1 - May 19, 1904
DEATH OF MRS. JENS NELSON.
Mrs. Jens NELSON, of Minturn, wife of a Denver & Rio Grande fireman, died at her home in that town last Thursday [May 12] of anemia.
The funeral was held at the residence last Saturday, Rev. A. E. MARTIN conducting the services. Interment was at Greenwood cemetery at Red Cliff. Deceased was a member of Holy Cross Circle No. 135, Women of Woodcraft, and her husband is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Members of both these orders and friends to the number of over forty accompanied the remains to Red Cliff. At the station the funeral party was met by Kinnikinick Circle No. 453, Women of Woodcraft and other friends of Red Cliff, who accompanied the remains to their last resting place.
Mrs. Nelson, nee Nettie SHELTON, formerly resided at Ouray, where most of her life was spent. She was but 21 years of age, and leaves besides her deeply bereaved husband, three infant children, her mother and sister.
Eagle County Blade - September 29, 1904
UNVEILING CEREMONY.
Monuments have been erected in Greenwood cemetery, at Red Cliff, by the Head Circle, Women of Woodcraft, over the graves of Mrs. Marcella A. OLMSTEAD and Mrs. Nettie Y. NELSON, deceased members of the order.
Mrs. OLMSTEAD was a member of Kinnikinick Circle No. 453 of Red Cliff, and Mrs. NELSON was a member of Holy Cross Circle No. 135 of Minturn. The monuments will be unveiled on next Sunday by the two circles with the ceremonies of the order, the exercises to be held at the cemetery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, unless a delay in the train from the west should cause a change in the hour. The procession will form at the town hall and the citizens are invited to attend the ceremony.
