The Rock Island Argus
Monday, Jan. 3, 1958 p.2
George Nelson Taken by Death; Rites Tomorrow
George W. Nelson, 84, who resided at No. 53 Edgewater Place, Rock Island, died
at 6:25 yesterday morning in a Quad-City hospital, where he had been a patient for one month.
Services will be held at 1 tomorrow afternoon in the Hodgson Funeral Home. The
Rev. Kenneth McArthur, pastor of First United Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery, Rock Island. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Nelson was born Feb. 22, 1873, in Cable, a son of Ezekiel and Lucinda Nelson.
He attended Cable schools, moving to Rock Island 55 years ago.
He married Elsie May Sisco June 18, 1901, in Rock Island. He was employed as a
door finisher at Rock Island Millwork Co. for more than 40 years prior to his retirement in 1950.
Surviving are the widow; six daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Klepper, Lowell, Wash., and
Mrs. Louise Ludwig, Mrs. Elsie Huntley, Mrs. Ruth Bysinger, Mrs. Margaret Richards and Mrs. Novella Miller, all
of Rock Island; two sons, George of Memphis, Tenn., and Robert of Louisville, Ky.; a nephew, Frank Koester, Minneapolis,
Minn.; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
His parents, a brother and a sister preceded him in death.
Submitted by Roberta Bear
