Esther E. Nelson

April 26, 2019 at 12:27 a.m.

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MENTONE – Esther E. Nelson, 97, of Mentone, died at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake.

She was born on Nov. 12, 1921, in Kosciusko County (Burket), to Elmer and Jessie Sanders Duglay. On Oct. 8, 1938, at Warsaw, she married Frank A. Nelson, who preceded Feb. 17, 1971.

She had worked as a teachers aide at the Burket School, had been the Seward Township deputy assessor and had worked as a bookkeeper for Oxy Chemical in Burket. She attended Burket School.

Esther was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Warsaw for many years. She enjoyed music, knitting and played the piano. Reading was a passion of hers as well as visiting with her friends.

She was a patron of the Bell Memorial Library and enjoyed going to the Nutrition Site at Mentone.

Survivors include one daughter, Anne Utter of Winona Lake; four grandchildren: Leigh Utter, Lynn (husband Glenn) Novitski, Brian Nelson (wife Stephanie) and Sara Nelson; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband; a son, Robert Nelson; two brothers, Robert and Victor Duglay; and a sister, Elizabeth Bouse.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, at Mentone Cemetery, Mentone. Pastor Michael Mueller will officiate.

Friends may visit from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

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Memorials to Bell Memorial Library.

Visit www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com to share a memory or send condolences.



MENTONE – Esther E. Nelson, 97, of Mentone, died at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake.

She was born on Nov. 12, 1921, in Kosciusko County (Burket), to Elmer and Jessie Sanders Duglay. On Oct. 8, 1938, at Warsaw, she married Frank A. Nelson, who preceded Feb. 17, 1971.

She had worked as a teachers aide at the Burket School, had been the Seward Township deputy assessor and had worked as a bookkeeper for Oxy Chemical in Burket. She attended Burket School.

Esther was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Warsaw for many years. She enjoyed music, knitting and played the piano. Reading was a passion of hers as well as visiting with her friends.

She was a patron of the Bell Memorial Library and enjoyed going to the Nutrition Site at Mentone.

Survivors include one daughter, Anne Utter of Winona Lake; four grandchildren: Leigh Utter, Lynn (husband Glenn) Novitski, Brian Nelson (wife Stephanie) and Sara Nelson; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband; a son, Robert Nelson; two brothers, Robert and Victor Duglay; and a sister, Elizabeth Bouse.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, at Mentone Cemetery, Mentone. Pastor Michael Mueller will officiate.

Friends may visit from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

*****

Memorials to Bell Memorial Library.

Visit www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com to share a memory or send condolences.



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