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Phyllis Nelson

Phyllis C. Nelson, 69, Beaver Creek, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2005, at Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital in Luverne. Services were Wednesday, Dec. 20, at First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek. The Rev. Bill Davis officiated. Burial was in the Beaver Creek Cemetery. Phyllis Nelson was born to Jens and Evangeline (Gran) Nelson on July 25 1936, in rural Rock County. She graduated from Beaver Creek High School in 1954. After graduation she began working at John Morrell Company in Sioux Falls, S.D. She worked on the line for John Morrell for 42 and one-half years before retiring in 1998. Ms. Nelson enjoyed playing softball and bowling in her younger years. She later enjoyed crossword puzzles. Survivors include two sisters, Janet Nelson, Beaver Creek, and Norma Gunderson, Valley Springs, S.D.; nieces and nephews; great-nieces and nephews and a great-great- niece and nephew.Ms. Nelson was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Betty Muller, one nephew, Keith Muller, a great-nephew, Dylan Albers, and a brother-in-law, Harold Gunderson. Hospice of Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital will dedicate a tree in memory of Phyllis Nelson.Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

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