Nelson, Ione Roselyn (1936-2019)
NELSON, JOHNSON, ASKE, EMMERTH, STONE, DANIELSON, ENGEBRETSON, LANGFALD
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/30/2019 at 15:03:37
Ione Roselyn Nelson
February 12, 1936 - July 21, 2019Surrounded by her children, Ione R. Nelson, 83, of Forest City, died on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City, Iowa, after a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. She inspired many as she continued to stay positive and never wavered in her love of life throughout the fifteen years since her initial diagnosis.
A daughter of Bennie and Jeanette (Aske) Johnson, Ione was born on February 12, 1936, in Forest City, Iowa. Raised on the family farm in Vinje, Iowa, she graduated from Scarville High School. On March 31, 1956, she married Norman M. Nelson at Bethel Lutheran Church in Vinje, Iowa. For many years, she worked as a bookkeeper, in addition to her work at Winnebago Industries.
Ione loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren very much, and she enjoyed spending summers with them at Bluff Valley Campground in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, in addition to their annual trips to Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. Ione, also, looked forward to her annual girls’ trip to McGregor, Iowa, to take in the beautiful surroundings of the Mississippi River. Moreover, she enjoyed spending time with the Red Hat ladies and having coffee with her friends daily even though everyone knew her “coffee” was a diet pop. Well known for her love of shopping and sharing her bargains with those around her, she will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Ione is survived by four children: Stephen (Julie) Nelson, of Burlington, Wisconsin, Randy (Vicki) Nelson, of Paynesville, Minnesota, Brenda Emmerth, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and Annette (Mick) Stone. of Mazomanie, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren: Amy (Jeff), Andrea, Corrie (Clint), Kirsty, Leiah (Matt), Nicholas, Spencer (Shanna), Tausha, Tucker, and Zachary; two step-grandchildren, Denise and BJ (Stephanie); and fourteen great-grandchildren: Amelia, Belle, Blair, Bree, Cole, Grace, Isabella, Jackson, Joshua, Lucas, Madeline, Noah, Owen, and Valerie; a very loving and caring cousin, Linda Danielson, who was like a sister to Ione, supporting both her and Norman over the years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jeanette and Bennie; her husband, Norman; her sisters, Darlyne Engebretson and Gloria Langfald; her brothers, Donny and Marvin Johnson; and an infant daughter, Lori Ann Nelson.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 26, 2019, at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Pastor Zech Anderson officiating. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Thursday, July 25, 2019, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Chapel, 505 North Clark Street, Forest City, Iowa. Interment will follow in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery in Vinje, Iowa. The family requests that memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa.
A special thank you to Chuck, Chris, and Tanner Smoley, who were not only wonderful neighbors to Ione and Norman but were, also, considered like family.
Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2019.
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