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Bertha Elizabell
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1926 - 2015
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Obituary for Bertha Elizabell Nelson (Kiser)

Bertha Elizabell  Nelson (Kiser)
Bertha Elizabell Kizer Nelson, 88, of Lawrence passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015. She was born April 3, 1926 in Stull, Kansas , the daughter of William and Ina Kizer.

She was a member of the First Regular Missionary Baptist Church and served as a Deaconess and member of the mission Department and Sewing Circle.

She married John E. Nelson on August 7, 1950 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Survivors include her husband, John E. Nelson; two sons, Mark Nelson (jacqueline), Tim Nelson (Gretchen) both of Lawrence, Kansas ;three daughters: Teresa Denson (Ivan) of Memphis, Tennessee, Diana Brown(Rene') of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Cindy Nelson of Lawrence, Kansas: 21 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, one aunt, Mildred Wilkes of Ottawa, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, brothers, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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