Carrie Nelle nee' Iwerks

1893-1981

 

Carrie Iwerks was born April 30, 1893 to Ubbe and Hanna (Gortmaker) Iwerks in Monroe, Turner County, SD. She was living with her parents on the 1900 and 1910 census in Monroe, SD. 

On January 16, 1915 in Turner County, SD, she married Edward F. Nelle. They moved to Plymouth County, IA shortly after their marriage, living in a number of different locations in Plymouth County. When Mr. Nelle passed away on March 18, 1974, Carrie and her son, Myron, operated LeMars Cashway Lumber Company. Carrie remained in LeMars, IA and passed away on May 19, 1981. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery, LeMars, Iowa.

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Obituary published in the Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA 

MRS. EDWARD NELLE,  LE MARS, Iowa - Mrs. Edward Nelle, 88, of LeMars, died Tuesday in a nursing home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Francis Staber will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Luken-Johnson Funeral Home. 

Mrs. Nelle, the former Carrie Iwerks, was born April 30, 1893, in Monroe, S.D. She was married Jan. 30, 1914, at Monroe. They operated the Nelle Lumber Co. in LeMars and later she and her son operated LeMars Cashway Lumber Co. Mr. Nelle died March 18, 1974. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. 

Survivors include three sons, Myron of LeMars, Vernon of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Kenneth of Santa Barbara, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Phyllis) Welander of Sun City, Ariz., Mrs. Edward (Maxine) Kiolbasa of Stillwater, Minn., and Mrs. Neil (Lois) Duffy of Minneapolis, Minn.; 20 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. ~Note: Date of death penned on the scrapbook page next to the obituary is May 19, 1981.

 

Submitted by family researcher, Phyllis Magelky

 

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