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Lola Phoebe Bogseth Nilson

10 Feb 1897 – 13 May 1991

Birth10 Feb 1897
Death13 May 1991
CemeteryAurora Cemetery
Aurora , Hamilton County , Nebraska , USA
Added byJohn Quiring on 22 Oct 2014
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23526133

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Thanks to contributor #47466150 Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Wednesday, 15 May 1991 OMAHA - Lola Phoebe Nilson, 94, formerly of Aurora, died Monday, May 13, at the Skyline Retirement Home in Omaha. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Aurora Evangelical Covenant Church. The Rev. Phil Kayser and the Rev. Bruce Thorson will officiate. Burial will be in the Aurora Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Higby Mortuary in Aurora. Mrs. Nilson was born Feb. 10, 1897, near Pibel in Wheeler County to Olaus and Christina (Warner) Bogseth. At the age of six she moved with her family to a farm east of Ericson. She attended Ericson High School for three years then transferred to the Lutheran Midland College Academy at Atchison, Kan., for her senior year, graduating in 1914. She graduated from Nebraska State Teacher's College at Kearney with a two year teacher's certificate. After teaching in rural schools, she began teaching in Marquette in 1919. On July 30, 1923, she married Victor Nilson at her parents' home near Ericson. They farmed northeast of Marquette until 1925. At this time, they moved to their farm northwest of Aurora, where they lived until 1983 when they moved to the Skyline Retirement Villa in Omaha. Mr. Nilson died July 10, 1986. She was a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Aurora and the H.E.O. Club. Survivors include three sons, the Rev. Robert Nilson of Lincioln, Lyle Nilson of Omaha and Mark Nilson of Oklahoma City, Okla; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor; one son, Erick; one brother and four sisters

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