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The Life of OSCAR R NELSON

Services for Oscar R. Nelson, 80, of 2826 Indianola Road will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Dahlstrom Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Nelson died of a heart attack Tuesday at Iowa Methodist Hospital.

Born in Denmark, he was a Des Moines resident 69 years.  Before his retirement 15 years ago, he was a utility employee for the former Des Moines Gas Co. for 15 years and for the Iowa Power and Light Co. for 13 years.  He was a member of Indianola Heights Christian Church and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Surviving are his widow, Ethel; three sons, L.R. of Keokuk, Robert of Los Angeles and Maurice of Des Moines; two brothers, Elmer of Riverside, Cal., and Harry of Des Moines, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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