Memorial services for Lucille Nelson, 92, of Aurelia, will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 7, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Tom Petersen officiating. Burial will precede the memorial service at 1:30 P.M. at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia. Visitation will be Friday from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Lucille Mabel Coburn was born January 15, 1921 at Marcus, Iowa, the daughter of George Alva and Mabel Ellen (Holloway) Coburn. She attended school in Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff, and graduated from the Aurelia High School in 1939. On June 12, 1941, Lucille married Kenneth Nels Nelson in Aurelia. Lucille worked at the Mental Health Institute in Cherokee from 1960 until her retirement on April 19, 1983. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, UMW, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Federated Women’s Club. She enjoyed ballroom dancing, music, playing cards, and knitting and sewing.
Lucille died Thursday, September 5, 2013, at the Sunset Knoll Care and Rehab Center in Aurelia.
Preceding Lucille in death were her parents, her husband Kenneth on June 7, 2000, one grandson, Spenser Nelson, two sisters, Mary Coburn Walker and Carol Coburn, and three brothers, Loran Coburn, George Coburn, and infant Marvin Coburn.
Survivors include four children, Bob and his wife Jan Nelson of Cherokee, IA, Julie Gibson of Gladstone, OR, Rodney and his wife Carole Nelson of Grundy Center, IA, and Curt and his wife Tamra Nelson of Johnston, IA, eleven grandchildren; Brad and his wife Chris Nelson, Brent and his wife Debbie Nelson, Kent Gibson and his husband Ralph Buchalter, Christa and her husband Carlos Nelson, Gerry and his wife MacKenzie Nelson, James and his wife Dana Nelson, Sara Nelson, Jonathan Nelson, Matt Van Oort, Mike and his wife Melissa Van Oort, and Mark and his wife Nikki Van Oort. Also surviving are 21 great-grandchildren, Amanda Nelson, Jordan Beck, Brendan Nelson, Dylan Nelson, Cameron Nelson, Becca Nelson, Reese Nelson, Tess Nelson, Livya Nelson, Calvin Nelson, Andy Rausch, Jessica Rausch, Gabel Van Oort, Kory, Addisyn, and Dustin Van Oort, Issac, Hannah, and Abigail Buchalter, and Deon and CJ Nelson, nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.