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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