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Grace I.Nelson,94,of Horizon Senior Care Center,Cannonsburg,where she had lived for the last several years and formerly of Belle Vernon and Monessen,died Monday,Sept.19,1994,at 12:10 p.m. She was born in West Newton on Dec.17,1899,a daughter of the late Joseph and Dora Krieter Vogel. Mrs.Nelson was a charter member of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church. She was a former organist and pianist,playing in churches in West Newton and Lynnwood. She had been a clerk in her youth in family grocery stores for years. Mrs.Nelson is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,Robert W.and Lorraine Nelson of Belle Vernon and James W.and Genevieve Nelson Jr.of Belle Vernon,two daughters,Mrs.James (Mildred) Baker of Monessen and Mrs.Jack (Clara Lee) Manown of Belle Vernon,11 grandchildren,26 great-grandchildren,and one great-great-grandchild. In addition to her parents,she was preceded in death by her husband,James W.Nelson Sr.,who died Sept.24,1976,two brothers,William Vogel and Frank Vogel,and five sisters,Clara Vogel,Gertrude Peters,Anna Mckelvey,Maude Landis and Rose Biggs. Friends will be received in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Robert C.Hawk,pastor of Lynnwood Lutheran Church,officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.

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