Willa Ann StewartAge: 55 years1871–1927
- Name
- Willa Ann Stewart
- Given names
- Willa Ann
- Surname
- Stewart
- Married name
- Willa Ann Nelson
Shared note: John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | January 14, 1871 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Harry Mead Nelson — View this family about 1903 (Age 31 years) Note: Marriage info based on the 1900 Census |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Walker Nelson July 2, 1910 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 44 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a husband | Harry Mead Nelson 1917 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 46 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | 1927 (Age 55 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Urich Cemetery |
| Family with Harry Mead Nelson |
| husband |
Harry Mead Nelson Birth: November 1862 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1917 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Willa Ann Stewart Birth: January 14, 1871 — Missouri, United States Death: 1927 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1903 — Missouri, United States |
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8 years son |
John Walker Nelson Birth: July 2, 1910 47 39 — Urich, Henry, Missouri, United States Death: May 26, 1995 — McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
| Marriage | Marriage info based on the 1900 Census |
| Name | John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing
LAKE CHARLES, La. — John
W. Nelson, 84, formerly of rural
McPherson, Kan., died Friday,
May 26, 1995, at Memorial Hospi-
tal, McPherson.
Mr. Nelson was born July 2,
1910, at Urich, Mo., and was a
Lake Charies resident since 1970,
moving from McPherson. He was
a retired founder and owner of
J.W. Transport, McPherson and
Lake Charles. He was a member
of University Methodist Church,
Lake Charles, and a former mem-
ber of First United Methodist
Church, McPherson. He was also
a 50-year member and 32-degree
Mason at Guthrie, Okla.
His wife, Mary “Bea” Beatrice,
died in 1994.
Survivors include two sons, Jer-
ry of McPherson and Ralph Gene
of Lake Charles; a daughter, Nan-
cy Guiot of Chanute, Kan.; nine
grandchildren; and 11 great-
grandchildren.
A service will be at 2 p.m. today
at Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home,
222 W. Euclid, McPherson 67460,
the Rev. Robert M. Fleenor offici-
ating. A second service will be at
10 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson
Chapei, Lake Charles. Burial will
be in Consolata Cemetery, Lake
Charles.
Memorials may be made to the
Cedars Health Care Center,
McPherson, or the McPherson
Shrine Children’s Fund.
Visitation will be from 5 to 10
p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral
Home, Lake Charles.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26989323/john-walker-nelson |