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Corinne Lois Rye Nelson

Birth	:	15 Jul 1923 Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	30 Jun 2017 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2987130, -91.7774110
Description	:	Corinne L. Nelson, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Friday evening, June 30, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, with her husband Harland by her side. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Pastor Amy Larson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Corinne Lois was born to Martin K. and Marie (Sletten) Rye in Yankton County, South Dakota, on July 15, 1923. A graduate of Augustana Academy at Canton, South Dakota, she received the B.A. Degree from the... Read More	Corinne L. Nelson, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Friday evening, June 30, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, with her husband Harland by her side. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Pastor Amy Larson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Corinne Lois was born to Martin K. and Marie (Sletten) Rye in Yankton County, South Dakota, on July 15, 1923. A graduate of Augustana Academy at Canton, South Dakota, she received the B.A. Degree from the University of Minnesota in 1947. Corinne was married to Harland Nelson at University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis on December 3, 1954. They moved to Storrs, CT in 1959, where Harland taught at the University of Connecticut until coming to Luther College in 1962. His Fulbright professorships took them to Bergen, Norway and Innsbruck, Austria and sabbatical leaves to St. Paul, MN and Leicester, England. Her early places of employment were as an editorial assistant at the Evangelical Lutheran Church headquarters and as an administrative assistant and grant proposal preparer in the Mechanical Division of General Mills, Inc., both in Minneapolis. Later, she did copy editing and indexing of book manuscripts for publishers in New York and Minneapolis. From 1970 until her retirement in 1991, she held several positions at Luther College, the last as an advancement officer writing grant proposals. For the city of Decorah, Corinne served on the Board of Adjustment, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Long-Range Planning Committee. At Decorah Lutheran Church, she served on the council and as president of the congregation, as a Sunday school teacher, on the refugee resettlement committee, on the 125th anniversary planning committee, and in WELCA and the Dorcas Circle. She was active in the American Association of University Women, Luther College Womans Club, Aase Haugen Homes Auxiliary, and as a volunteer with Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. Corinne is survived by her husband Harland; three children and their families: Hilary Mark Nelson of West Lafayette, IN; Sarah Nelson and Tim Gresback of Moscow, ID; and Catherine Mizell-Nelson of New Orleans, LA; and five grandchildren: Haley and Linnea Nelson, Luke Gresback, and Keely and Arlo Mizell. She is also survived by her sister, Ella Magstadt of Minneapolis, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers Kenneth and Glenn; and son-in-law Michael Mizell-Nelson. Memorial gifts may be given to the Harland and Corinne Nelson Scholarship Fund at Luther College, c/o Development Office, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101. Obituary & photo published by Fjelstul Funeral Home

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Corinne Lois Rye Nelson death on 30 Jun 2017 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2987130
Longitude: -91.7774110

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Martin K. Rye

(1891 - 1960)

Marie M. Sletten Rye

(1893 - 1971)

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Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2987130, -91.7774110

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Coordinate: 43.2585983, -91.8368988

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11. Washington Prairie Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2947998, -91.6760406

13. Bruvold Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221968, -91.7509863

14. Springfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

15. McIntosh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

16. Springwater Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

17. Madison Lutheran Church East Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3133000, -91.8986000

18. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

19. Canoe Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2817001, -91.6346970

21. Garfield Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

22. Pontoppidan Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2747002, -91.6339035

23. Madison Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3135986, -91.9233017

24. Scandinavian Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
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