Obituary - Doris Marjorie (McQuin) Nelson
Long time Hartington, Nebraska resident, Doris Marjorie (McQuinn) Nelson passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Brookestone Village in Omaha, NE. A Memorial Service will be on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Hartington with the Rev. Gary Kimm officiating. Burial of her ashes will be in the Coleridge City Cemetery. Wintz Funeral Home of Hartington is in charge of arrangements.
Doris was born December 8, 1915 on a farm southeast of
Hartington to Charles Matthew and Lydia Agnes (Woodard) McQuinn. The fifth of
seven daughters, Doris and her sisters worked hard to help their parents on the
farm. From an early age, she was an avid reader. She graduated from Hartington
High School and attended Wayne State College after which she taught country
school. On January 7, 1936, Doris married Arthur (Art) Nelson in Creighton,
Nebraska. Art was a construction worker, and they moved often following his
construction jobs. During World War II, the couple lived in Bellflower
California where Art found work in the shipping yards. After the war, the couple
moved back to Hartington to be near family. With the exception of Leona who died
at a young age after childbirth, the McQuinn sisters all settled and raised
their children in Cedar County. Doris was a member of the First Congregational
Church and active in woman's fellowship and church circle. She enjoyed caring
for her family, spending time with her sisters, and in fair weather she was an
avid walker.
She is survived by her five children and spouses, Jim and Alyce Nelson of
Norfolk, Kay and Peter Clos, Sue Morrison, Pam and Tom Hall, and Jon Nelson all
of Omaha; 10 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Following a memorial
service at the First Congregation Church she will be interred at the Coleridge
Cemetery next to her husband.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents, six sisters, Mrs. Deward (Della)
Erickson, Mrs. Leon (Charlotte) Dougherty, Mrs. Arnold (Dorothy) Frerichs, Mrs.
Ivan (Leona) Ward, Mrs. Mark (Eva) Dendinger, and Mrs. Alvin (Maxine) Kramer,
her husband Art, and great-granddaughter Meghan Mizner.