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Fern Nelson

July 17, 1915 – Nov. 26, 2018

SHERWOOD – Fern

Violet Nelson, 103, Sher-

wood, died Monday, Nov.

26, 2018, at a Mohall

nursing home.

She was born July 17,

1915, on the family farm

southwest of Sherwood,

to Ben and Emma (Schu-

bert) Armstrong. She gra-

duated from Mohall High

School and attended

Minot State Teachers Col-

lege. She taught in Ha-

merly Township and later

did substitute teaching in

the Sherwood Public

School system.

Fern married Neville

Nelson at her parents’

home on March 2, 1942.

They moved to a farm

near Sherwood where she

lived until she moved to

the Good Samaritan So-

ciety nursing home, in

Mohall, at the age of 100.

Fern was a member of

Our Savior Lutheran

Church, Sherwood, the

church ladies aid and the

Prairie Pioneer Homemak-ers Club.

Family: daughters,

Maxine Olson, San An-

tonio, Texas, Marlene Fe-

land, Dickinson; sons,

Kennard (Robin) Nelson,

Golden City, Mo., Lowell

(Vicki) Nelson, Sherwood;

10 grandchildren and 13

great-grandchildren; and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

Fern was preceded in

death by: her parents, Ben

and Emma Armstrong;

husband, Neville Nelson;

son, Owen Neville Nel-

son; sons-in-law, Ronald

Feland and Ronald Olson;

brothers, Arlo and Harvey

Armstrong; and sisters,

Isla Silver, Maxine

Behrens and Anna Smith.

Funeral: 10:30 a.m.,

Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at

Our Savior Lutheran

Church, Sherwood.

Burial: Sherwood Un-

ion Cemetery, Sherwood.

Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m.,

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, at

at Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall.

(Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall).