Nellie
Farbo, 86
Thief
River Falls - Nellie Farbo, 86, died Sunday,
April 21, 2002 at Oakland Park Nursing Home in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 10 
a.m.
today (Wednesday, April 24) at 10 a.m. at Seventh
Day Adventist Church with Rev. Marcus Mundell
officiating. Sylvia Rondorf will be the organist,
and special music will be presented by Lois and
Jerome Bray. Casketbearers will be James Weckwerth,
Bryan Cloutier, Wade Alten, and Curtis Farbo.
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Thief
River Falls.
Visitation
will be held for one hour prior to services at the
church. Green Funeral Home of Thief River Falls is
in charge of the arrangements.
Nellie
Louise Nelson was born on February 11, 1916 at
Hazel in Pennington County, the daughter of Nels M.
and Hannah Louise (Loken) Nelson. She was baptized
and confirmed at St. Pauli Lutheran Church and
attended a rural school at Hazel. Nellie did
domestic work in area homes.
In
1958, she married Ralph Robidoux. He died in 1974.
On December 18, 1979, Nellie married Alvin Farbo in
Thief River Falls where the couple made their home.
Alvin died on April 9, 2002.
Nellie
was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in
Thief River Falls.
She
enjoyed baking, bird watching, and spending time
with family and friends.
Nellie
is survived by three sisters, Myrtle Erickson of
Thief River Falls, Evalin Wold of Locus Grove,
Calif., and Pearl Dicken of Hawthorne, Calif.; a
brother, Nels Henry (Kathryn) Nelson of Thief River
Falls; five stepchildren, Richard Farbo of
Missoula, Mont., Linda (Dr. Ruben) Thorbus of
Hanford, Conn., Carole Cloutier of Thief River
Falls, Phillip (Michelle) Farbo of Alexandria, Va.,
and Craig (Lora) Farbo of Temple, Texas; nine
step-grandchildren; six step great-grandchildren;
and several aunts and uncles.
In
addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death
by her parents; her twin sister, Hazel Wedul; two
brothers, Norman and Raynard; and a step-grandson,
Alex Cloutier. A00003B2002AP24
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