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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ilabelle Nelson
Ilabelle
Nelson
Oct 2, 1933 — Nov 5, 2013
Ilabelle Nelson's Obituary
Ilabelle Nelson, age 80, of Scranton, ND, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 5, 2013 at the Western Horizons Care Center in Hettinger, ND.
Private family services will be held.
Ilabelle was born on October 2, 1933 to Edward and Marie (Smith) Brown in Bowman, ND. She was raised on the family farm southwest of Scranton. She attended grade school in Buffalo Springs and graduated from Scranton Public School where she was an avid basketball player.
In 1952, she married LaVelle Nelson at Scranton, ND. After their marriage, they made their home on the family farm near Haley, ND, where they raised two boys, Robert and Dale.
Ilabelle worked side by side with LaVelle farming & ranching. She ran the combine every harvest for more than fifty years. When Ilabelle was forty four, she and her son Dale took flying lessons and together became pilots.
Ilabelle was an active member in Cowbells and Modernaires Homemakers. She was very active in the community serving as a member of the Bowman County Fair Board and the Scranton School Board. She was the secretary of the Scranton School and the Scranton Clinic. She also was the secretary/treasurer of the Farm Bureau and sat on the Election Board.
Ilabelle will be deeply missed by her husband of 61 years, LaVelle of Scranton, ND, sons and daughter-in-laws, Robert & Lori Nelson of Spearfish, SD, and Dale and Sheila Nelson of Billings, MT; grandchildren Erin Nelson of Newport News, VA, Kyle and wife Sheila Nelson of Bismarck, ND, Scott Nelson
of Billings, MT; great grandchildren Jalen (Erin), and Isabelle (Kyle); brother Donald Brown and sister-in-law Avril of Scranton, ND, sister-in-law Martha Brown of Bowman, ND; several nieces and nephews and many friends and neighbors.
She was preceded in death by her parents Edward and Marie (Smith) Brown, her brother Earl Brown, and infant sister Clara.
We will truly miss our wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. We will treasure the times we spent together. Even though she is no longer with us her memory will live on in all of our hearts forever.
Private family services will be held.
Ilabelle was born on October 2, 1933 to Edward and Marie (Smith) Brown in Bowman, ND. She was raised on the family farm southwest of Scranton. She attended grade school in Buffalo Springs and graduated from Scranton Public School where she was an avid basketball player.
In 1952, she married LaVelle Nelson at Scranton, ND. After their marriage, they made their home on the family farm near Haley, ND, where they raised two boys, Robert and Dale.
Ilabelle worked side by side with LaVelle farming & ranching. She ran the combine every harvest for more than fifty years. When Ilabelle was forty four, she and her son Dale took flying lessons and together became pilots.
Ilabelle was an active member in Cowbells and Modernaires Homemakers. She was very active in the community serving as a member of the Bowman County Fair Board and the Scranton School Board. She was the secretary of the Scranton School and the Scranton Clinic. She also was the secretary/treasurer of the Farm Bureau and sat on the Election Board.
Ilabelle will be deeply missed by her husband of 61 years, LaVelle of Scranton, ND, sons and daughter-in-laws, Robert & Lori Nelson of Spearfish, SD, and Dale and Sheila Nelson of Billings, MT; grandchildren Erin Nelson of Newport News, VA, Kyle and wife Sheila Nelson of Bismarck, ND, Scott Nelson
of Billings, MT; great grandchildren Jalen (Erin), and Isabelle (Kyle); brother Donald Brown and sister-in-law Avril of Scranton, ND, sister-in-law Martha Brown of Bowman, ND; several nieces and nephews and many friends and neighbors.
She was preceded in death by her parents Edward and Marie (Smith) Brown, her brother Earl Brown, and infant sister Clara.
We will truly miss our wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. We will treasure the times we spent together. Even though she is no longer with us her memory will live on in all of our hearts forever.
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