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Sigri
Nelson, 97
Greenbush
- Sigri Nelson, 97 died Tuesday, April 2, 2002
at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D.
Funeral
services were held on Saturday, April 6, at 10 a.m.
at 
Gustav
Adolph Lutheran Church in Strathcona with Rev. Mary
Ronning officiating. Corienne Jacobson was the
pianist, and Carol Coltom was the soloist. Sigri's
grandchildren served as casketbearers. Interment
was in Greenwood Cemetery in Strathcona with
Collins Funeral Home of Greenbush in charge of the
arrangements.
Sigri
Bertine Johnson was born on August 6, 1904 in
Huntley Township of Marshall County, the daughter
of John and Oline (Bjerland) Johnson. She and her
twin brother, Julius, were baptized at Zion
Lutheran Church, rural Strandquist. Sigri attended
school through the 8th grade and was confirmed in
1919 at Gustav Adolph Lutheran Church in
Strathcona. At the age of 19, she went to work
cooking on farms in the Stephen and Argyle areas.
In 1925, Sigri went to Northwest Angle to work for
her brother, Olaf, who owned a sawmill there.
On
November 5, 1927, she was united in marriage to
John "Conrad" Nelson at North Star College in
Warren. The couple farmed in Huntley Township until
their retirement in 1955. They continued to make
their home on the farm until 1973 when they moved
to Elderbush Manor in Greenbush. After Conrad died
on March 27, 1976, Sigri continued to make her home
at Elderbush Manor, residing there until December
of 1999 when she moved to the Greenbush Nursing
Home.
In
addition to performing the chores of a farm wife,
Sigri wove rugs, sewed, quilted and knitted,
continuing to knit up to the time of her
death.
Survivors
include four daughters, Leona Good of Holt, Mich.,
Lenay (Jerry) Van Horn of Superior, Wisc., Adell
(Walter) Miller of Greenbush, and Jeanne (Pat)
Collins of Karlstad; a son, Verne (Karen) of
Strathcona; a sister, Alice Garrett of Caldwell,
Idaho; two sisters-in-law; 19 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews,
and other relatives.
Sigri
was preceded in death by her parents; her husband;
five brothers, Olaf, Torben, Bill, Norman, and her
twin, Julius; and a sister, Rose Anderson.
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