----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 08/ /1955

Nelson, Sadie (1869 - 1955)

GREENWOOD, CLARK COUNTY--An 86-year-old resident of this area, Mrs. Carl Nelson, died of a heart ailment Monday evening, Aug. 8, 1955 at her home on route 3. She had been in poor health for the past three years.

The former Sadie Kirk was born March 28, 1869 in Hartford, Conn., and was married there in 1905 to George Redman, whose death occurred in 1932. In 1916 she came to Chicago. Later she moved to Sherwood Township in Clark County, where she lived for 20 years.

On Nov. 4, 1936, she was married to Carl Nelson and since then they have resided on the Nelson farm northeast of her in the Town of Warner.

She was a member of the Forest Queen Camp of the Royal Neighbors of America. Graveside rites will be conducted by this lodge.

Mrs. Nelson is survived by her husband, a brother-in-law, Ervin Emerson, Chicago, and numerous nieces and nephews living in the east. Three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.

The body will lie in state at the Hill Funeral Home and later will be taken to the Nelson residence, where a brief service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services at Grace Methodist Church will be held at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ethel Nulton officiating. Burial will take place in the Greenwood Cemetery.