NIELSEN, MRS. EDITH NIELSEN OF LOMOND, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT SHUSWAP LAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SALMON ARM, B.C. ON JANUARY 2, 1992 AFTER A LENGTHY STRUGGLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1906 IN VEGGERLASE, DENMARK AND LANDED IN HALIFAX APRIL 30, 1924, THEN TO CALGARY A WEEK LATER.
EDITH WENT TO WORK ON A FARM IN STANDARD. SHE MARRIED AXEL NEILSEN IN CALGARY JULY ll, 1924. THEY WENT TO WORK ON THE MCDOUGALL RANCH IN COCHRANE UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1927 TO WORK FOR OLI SOKVITNE. IN 1929 THEY STARTED FARMING LAND THEY HAD RENTED FROM ED LARSEN. THEN THEY RENTED FROM VERN DAVIS SOUTH OF LOMOND WHERE THEY STAYED UNTIL MOVING INTO LOMOND IN 1947 WHEN THEY QUIT FARMING. EDITH HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN AND THE LOMOND SUNSHINE DROP-IN CENTRE FOR MANY YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS ELSIE SCHMIDT (DOUG SKAIFE) OF SICAMOUS AND INGA (CHARLIE) WEBBER OF LETHBRIDGE, THREE SONS CHRIS (MIDGE) OF WINNIPEG, ALLAN (VI) OF SORRENTO, B.C. AND HAROLD (MARIE) OF CALGARY, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND AXEL NIELSEN IN 1964.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1992 AT 11:00 A.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTOR LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT LOMOND CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO EITHER BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH OR THE LOMOND DROP-IN CENTRE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. 1-403-485-2633.