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).