GEORGE C. NELSON (17 May 1903 - 8 Feb 1977)

Source: The Rock Island Argus, Thursday, 10 Feb. 1977

GEORGE NELSON PAST RESIDENT, DIES AT AGE 73

George C. Nelson, 73, of Memphis , Tenn. , formerly of Rock Island , died Tuesday in Memphis . Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wendt Brothers Funeral Home, Moline , and burial will be in Moline Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. Nelson was born in Rock Island . He married Amy Greim in 1929. He was retired in 1974 as a design engineer for Gales Lumber Co., Memphis .

Surviving are the widow; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Nelson, Rock Island ; six sisters, Mrs. Harold Miller, Mrs. Ed. Ludwig and Mrs. Margaret Richards, all of Rock Island , Mrs. Elsie Huntley, Andalusia , Mrs. Robert Klepper, Marysville , Wash. , and Mrs. Albert Bysinger, Milan , and a brother, Robert, Andalusia .

Submitted by Roberta Bear

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