The Rock Island Argus
A Long Resident of County Dies in Rock Island
Funeral Services For Mrs. Ezekiel Nelson, 82 Years Old, to Be Held Saturday
Mrs. Ezekiel Nelson, 82 years old, resident of Rock Island and surrounding towns
for the last 70 years, died at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Koester, 4124
Ninth street. She had been ailing for three years and a severe cold, coupled with infirmities of age, caused her
death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the residence,
with Rev. J.S. Hill, pastor of the Third United Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in Chippiannock
cemetery. Grandsons of Mrs. Nelson will be pallbearers.
Mrs. Nelson was born at Mount Pleasant, Pa., on Oct. 10, 1845, and was Miss Lucinda
White before her marriage. She was the daughter of George and Suzanna White. About 1857 she came to Rapids City,
Ill., with her brother, the late Joseph White. The trip was made entirely by water, traveling in an old steamboat.
On March 22, 1866 she married Ezekiel Nelson at Sheridan, Iowa. Her husband is a Civil war veteran. Since the marriage
the couple had lived in various towns of the county but for the greater number of years in Rock Island. The last
year Mrs. Nelson made her home with her daughter.
Besides Mrs. Koester, she is survived by the widower, two sons, George W. and
Frank Nelson, both of Rock Island, a sister, Mrs. Susan Cole of Brownsville, Pa., 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.
Thursday, April 19, 1928 p.3
Submitted by Roberta Bear
