At 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon there passed from life, at the family home in this city, corner of Ash and Arthur streets, one of Hugo's grandest women. Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, who had attained the age of 70 years the last month.
Death was not unexpected as the past few days had warned physicians and the family that Mrs. Nelson could not survive the attack which overtook her the past month.
Elizabeth Ann Charles was born in Tennessee in November 1842 and when but thirteen years of age removed with the family to Missouri. On the fifteenth of October 1866 she was united in marriage to J.W. Nelson, the surviving husband and since that time has been wife and mother, winning the affections of all who met her and living a pure Christian life. The deceased was the mother of four children. Two preceded her to the grave; the other two residing here, J.O. Nelson being at the home and T.O. Nelson, a prominent attorney of this city, being the other.
Mrs and Mrs. J.W. Nelson have been factors in the building of Hugo for the past several years. Mr. Nelson is one of the oldest men in the train service of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad company for [unreadable] thirty years an employee and for twenty three years an engineer of that company. For the past twelve years he has been an employee on the main line through this city and perhaps no man is better or more favorably known on the system. He is known up and down the line as "Uncle Jack" and there is not a railroad man on any of the divisions but known and respects the venerable man who has given his life to the work of making the Frisco a real part in the development of the Southwest.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson came to Hugo in 1908 and since that time have been prominent in the work which has placed Hugo on the map. The two companions have marked themselves into the history of the city and all who know them call them friends. The demise of the wife and mother is a serious blow to the venerable engineer whose latter days have been devoted to the care of the wife and mother of his family.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Reverends A.C. Pickens, pastor, and J.B. Williams, pastor of the West Main street church, and E.T. Thorne, pastor of the Second Baptist church in this city. Following the services at the church, the remains were taken to Mt Olivet cemetery, where the last rites of Christian burial were observed. The services at the church were witnessed by a vast congregation and those who followed the remains to the last resting place were among the leading citizens of the city.
