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Myra Krieg

Services for Myra (Nelson) Krieg will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at Hartquist Funeral Home – Engebretson Chapel in Luverne. Burial will be in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Hills. Myra Krieg, 91, Washoe Valley, Nev., died Friday, July 23, 2004, at her home. Myra Nelson was born to Jens and Regina Amelia (Sundem) Nelson on Oct. 15, 1912, in Pierre, S.D. She married Delmer Swenson on Feb. 25, 1939. Together they operated a road maintainer in Corson, S.D. They also ran a local gas station and a bar. Mr. Swenson died in 1965.She married Albert Krieg in March 1966, but their brief union ended in divorce. She moved to Ventura, Calif., in 1967 where she worked for many years, retiring as a maid from the Pierpont Inn in 1977. She moved to Reno, Nev., in 1984 and lived with her niece, Amelie. Survivors include many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, as well as many great-grand nieces and nephews. Mrs. Krieg was preceded in death by her 12 siblings. Hartquist Funeral Home – Engebretson Chapel, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.

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