Madeline "Mose" B. Nelson, 89, Luverne, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Saturday, Oct. 12, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Maurice E. Hagen and Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in the Jasper Cemetery, Jasper.
Madeline Frakes was born to Walter and Pearl (Rolph) Frakes on March 1, 1913, in Magnolia. At the age of seven she went to live with and care for her ailing aunt, Edna Turner, in Magnolia. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1930. She graduated from Normal School in Luverne and taught country school in the Rock County and Jasper areas.
She married Wallace Nelson on Feb. 22, 1941, in Adrian. After marriage the couple farmed in the Jasper and Ihlen areas. Mr. Nelson died in 1960. She moved her family to Luverne where she worked at Luverne Community Hospital for more than 18 years before retiring in 1978.
Mrs. Nelson was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne, the GLCW, and Esther Circle. She was also a member of the Royal Neighbors, Hardwick Birthday Club, Pink Ladies and was a Rock County Election Judge. She was a staunch Republican and enjoyed discussing politics.
Survivors include two sons and daughtrs-in-law, Lyle and Gloria Nelson, Luverne, and Robert and Marlene Nelson, Dell Rapids, S.D.; five grandchildren, Jennifer (Craig) Wintheiser, Eagan, Angela (Kevin) Whetstone, Boston, Mass., Jeremy (Polly) Nelson, Evergreen, Colo., Anthony (Johnanna) Nelson, Santa Fe, N.M., and Katie Nelson, Sioux Falls, S.D.; one great-granddaughter, Vivian Whetstone; one brother, Vernon (Janyce) Frakes, Sioux Falls; and one sister, Beulah Nelson, Pipestone.
Mrs. Nelson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Wallace and two brothers, Jesse and Neil Frakes.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.