Vera A. NELSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Fred W. Nelson and Edna Rachel Smith
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa

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From Ames Tribune August 1994

Vere Padellford
May 5, 1913-Aug. 22, 1994

Vere Padellford, 81, of Des Moines, died Monday of an aneurysm at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Nevada Christian Church-Disciples of Christ, with Dr. Fred C. Danforth officiating. Burial will be in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Vere Nelson was born in Nevada to Fred W. and Edna R. (Smith) Nelson. She married Clifford Padellford in Carthage, Ill., on Sept. 19, 1931. A resident of Des Moines since 1954, she had been employed as a cashier at Dahl's Food Store until her retirement in 1975. Her hobbies included painting, crocheting and knitting.

She is survived by three daughters, DeLoris Townsley and Sondra McPherson, both of Des Moines, and Mary Lou Relph of Colfax; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983, three brothers and a granddaughter.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Cooper-Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Vera married Clifford PADELLFORD on 19 Sep 1931 in Carthage, Illinois. Clifford (son of Orrin Denny PADELLFORD and Myrtle May MAYO) was born on 6 Nov 1912 in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa; died on 15 Apr 1983 in Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona; was buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Delores Vere PADELLFORD was born on 8 Oct 1932 in Iowa; died on 29 Jun 1998 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.
2. Sandra PADELLFORD
3. Mary Lou PADELLFORD