Aberdeen Daily News Wednesday, May 11, 1910
The funeral of Mrs. Joren Nelson who died at the home of her son, E. S. Nelson in Gem township yesterday afternoon, will take place tomorrow afternoon. A short service will be held at the Nelson home at 1 o’clock and at 3 o’clock services will be held in the Gem township Norwegian Lutheran church, Rev. O. Glesne of this city conducting the services. Mrs. Nelson was past 85 years of age. She was born in Norway but came to this country many years ago, living in Iowa a number of years before coming to South Dakota in 1880. Her husband died about eighteen years ago, and she is survived by her son, E. S. Nelson, and her daughter, Mrs. O H. Mogen of Belview, Minn., who with Mr. Mogen, has been at the Nelson home for some time.
~Transcribed by volunteer researcher, Kathy Smith