Rose Nelsen

Rose Elinor (Louis) Nelsen 85, of Arpin, WI. passed away 5/26/2009 at the Bethel Center. She was born in Milwaukee 2/21/1924. She married Nickoli Nelsen 12/20/1953 in the Minneapolis Seventh-Day-Adventist Church. Rose was preceded in death by her husband, Nickoli, Her parents, Bennie R. Louis & Florence Ellen (Coon) Louis & her son Frederick L. Nelsen.

Rose is survived by one son Reynold L. Nelsen of Arpin, & 2 daughters, Joyce (Michael) Ellenbecker Arpin, Daisy (Steve) Nieman, Munising,Mi. 12 grandchildren, 1 great granddaughter.

Rose attended the Wolf Creek School, graduating May 1938. She worked on the home farm, was a seamstress in a sewing factory, then a home maker. She worked as a Nursing Assistant in several facilities. Rose loved to garden & plant fruit trees. Her idea of a small garden was an acre or 2. She planted her last fruit trees around her mobile home in Arpin, where they are in full bloom. Rose wore out the cable on her pedal Singer Sewing machine. Rose’s last Bible is held together by duct tape & paper clips. She read it every day. Rose enjoyed moving. She could not drive by an abandoned country home, without stopping to see if she wanted to live there next. Rose will be missed by family & friends. May God be with her on her final journey as she awaits everlasting life.

Funeral Arrangements are being handled by the Olson Funeral Home in Bloomer, Wi. Burial will be in the New Auburn Cemetery. Private family memorial services.