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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Leta Viva Nelson
Leta Viva
Nelson
September 26, 1912 – January 13, 2011
Leta Viva Nelson's Obituary
Garfield – Leta Viva Nelson, 98, died January 13, 2011 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas.
She was born September 26, 1912 at Rozel, Kansas the daughter of Edgar and Hattie Steeley Van Eaton. A former resident on a farm between Newton and Wichita, moving to a farm in Leon, Kansas in 1942, and then to a farm in Garfield in 1947, she was the Pawnee County Lunch Room Supervisor for Ft. Larned School District #495.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, LI-AR-MU, both of Larned, and the Kansas Food Association.
On October 29, 1932 she married Carl "Aaron" Nelson at Wichita, Kansas. He died November 2, 1985.
Survivors include: a son, Larry D. and his wife Linda, Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Barbara J. Nelson, Overland Park; a daughter-in-law, Vivian Nelson, Garfield; two brothers, Bud VanEaton and wife Silvia, Larned, Gerald Van Eaton and wife Mae, Oakley.
She was preceded in death by her husband Aaron; a son, Ronald A., three brothers, Glen, Ezra, William VanEaton; eight sisters, Essie Sturm, Maude Belle Drake, Fannie "van" Healy, Eva VanEaton, Evelyn Peterson, Susan Kuehn, Marjorie VanEaton and Dolly Thomas.
Funeral will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Pastor Dan Lundgren presiding. Friends may call from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. Saturday and 1 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sunday and 9 A.M. until service time Monday all at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Garfield Cemetery, Garfield, Kansas.
Memorials may be sent to the Larned First Christian Church, Boy Scouts of America or River Bend Assisted Living all in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Inc. P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolence may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com
She was born September 26, 1912 at Rozel, Kansas the daughter of Edgar and Hattie Steeley Van Eaton. A former resident on a farm between Newton and Wichita, moving to a farm in Leon, Kansas in 1942, and then to a farm in Garfield in 1947, she was the Pawnee County Lunch Room Supervisor for Ft. Larned School District #495.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, LI-AR-MU, both of Larned, and the Kansas Food Association.
On October 29, 1932 she married Carl "Aaron" Nelson at Wichita, Kansas. He died November 2, 1985.
Survivors include: a son, Larry D. and his wife Linda, Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Barbara J. Nelson, Overland Park; a daughter-in-law, Vivian Nelson, Garfield; two brothers, Bud VanEaton and wife Silvia, Larned, Gerald Van Eaton and wife Mae, Oakley.
She was preceded in death by her husband Aaron; a son, Ronald A., three brothers, Glen, Ezra, William VanEaton; eight sisters, Essie Sturm, Maude Belle Drake, Fannie "van" Healy, Eva VanEaton, Evelyn Peterson, Susan Kuehn, Marjorie VanEaton and Dolly Thomas.
Funeral will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Pastor Dan Lundgren presiding. Friends may call from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. Saturday and 1 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sunday and 9 A.M. until service time Monday all at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Garfield Cemetery, Garfield, Kansas.
Memorials may be sent to the Larned First Christian Church, Boy Scouts of America or River Bend Assisted Living all in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Inc. P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolence may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com
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