Helen Arleen Nelsen

1922 - 2014  (91 years)

• Name	Helen Arleen Nelsen
  Born	15 Aug 1922	Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 May 2014	Great Plains Medical Center, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
  Buried	20 May 2014	Curtis Cemetery, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
  Person ID	I376	Rossen Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Carl Vilhelm Nielsen,   b. 9 Jul 1895, Bedsted, Bedsted Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt, Danmark ,   d. 11 Nov 1967, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sigrid Marie Jepsen,   b. 20 Aug 1897,   d. 1 Jun 1963  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	30 Jun 1920	Home of Hans Nelsen, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jim Ewald
  Married	9 Jun 1941	Oberlin, Dacatur County, Kansas. USA
  Children	+ 1. Lynn Ewald  [Birth]   2. Karen Ewald  [Birth]   3. Ann Ewald  [Birth]   4. Bill Ewald  [Birth]   5. Jo Ellen Ewald,   d. 1997  [Birth]   6. Mary Ewald  [Birth]
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Helen Arleen Ewald (nee Nelsen) - Portrait

  
  

• Notes

  Helen Arleen Ewald, 91, of Curtis, passed away May 18, 2014, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. Helen was born on Aug. 15, 1922, in Frontier County, to Carl and Sigrid (Jepsen) Nelsen. After graduating from UNSA in 1940, she earned a teaching certificate from Kearney Teachers College and taught in two rural county schools. On June 9, 1941, at Oberlin, Kan., Helen married Jim Ewald and they farmed and raised their six children in Lincoln County, north of Curtis. In addition to crops, irrigation and livestock, Helen raised and sold chickens and eggs and shared the abundance of large gardens with family and friends. Helen will be remembered by many for her work ethic, honesty, hospitality, and generosity. The farm remained her home until she moved to Curtis in 2006. Helen then had more time to devote to reading and embroidery, sharing books with friends and making sure each of her grandchildren had a needlework pillow case and a supply of strawberry jam. She had been an active member of Ebenezer Lutheran Church and was a current member of St. John?s Lutheran Church in Curtis. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Nelda Ewald, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; four daughters, Karen (Jerry) Lehman, of Farnam, Ann (Pat) Hagan, of Smithfield, Jo Ellen (Rod) Jurgens, of Lamar, Mo., Mary (Dennis) Peterson, of Bertrand; a son, Lynn (Patty) Ewald, of Curtis; a nephew, Michael Lehman, of North Platte; a dear friend, Carol McKennon, of Curtis; 19 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren. Helen was looking forward to welcoming another great-granddaughter to the family in June. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jim in 1979; a son, Bill, in 1997, and her sister, Marjorie Lehman, in 2006. Memorials are suggested to the St. John?s Lutheran Church, 504 Wallace, Curtis, NE 69025 or Frontier County Library. To sign the online guest book, go to blasestrauser.com. Services will be at 1 p.m., today, at St. John?s Lutheran Church, of Curtis, with the Rev. Derrick Brown officiating. Burial will follow at the Curtis Cemetery. Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Curtis, is in charge of arrangements.