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Donald Edward Portwood

Birth	:	29 Dec 1908 Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	1 May 1948 Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Nuckolls County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2056084, -98.0791702
Plot	:	Block 1, Lot 14
Inscription	:	Coxswain, U.S.S. Walke
Description	:	Donald Edward Portwood, 39, Nelson business man passed away Saturday. Mr. Portwood was in the navel (sic) service during the late war, and has been in the furniture and home appliance business at Nelson. He was the son of J.E. Portwood of Nelson. Surviving are his wife, his parents, two sisters and one brother. The funeral services were held at Nelson Tuesday afternoon and interment was in the Nelson Cemetery. Superior Express, Thursday, May 6, 1948. Donald E. Portwood, 39, prominent Nelson businessman, died suddenly at his home here early last Saturday morning as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. ... Read More	Donald Edward Portwood, 39, Nelson business man passed away Saturday. Mr. Portwood was in the navel (sic) service during the late war, and has been in the furniture and home appliance business at Nelson. He was the son of J.E. Portwood of Nelson. Surviving are his wife, his parents, two sisters and one brother. The funeral services were held at Nelson Tuesday afternoon and interment was in the Nelson Cemetery. Superior Express, Thursday, May 6, 1948. Donald E. Portwood, 39, prominent Nelson businessman, died suddenly at his home here early last Saturday morning as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. Although he had complained of not feeling well on Thursday and Friday when he had remained at home, he had worked about the yard some on Friday and his death during that night came as a distinct shock to the community. Born in Nelson in 1908, Don was educated in the Nelson schools and lived here all his life, with the exception of a few years spent in Kansas City and the 33 months during which he served with the U.S. Navy in the late war. In August, 1945, he founded the Portwood Furniture and Appliance store, one of the outstanding stores of its kind in this section of the state. The funeral services were held in the Methodist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, and were in charge of Rev. Clarence V. Powell, asisted by Mrs. Powell. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. Pearl Clem and Lowell Powell, with Mrs. Nova Hite at the piano. The songs used were, "Safe In The Arms of Jesus," "Saved By Grace," "Abide With Me." The pallbeares were Lloyd Bargen, Vic Scherzinger, Don Doher, John Petty, Bart Lepper and Alfred Flowers. Interment was in the Nelson cemetery, where Military services were conducted. ------------------ Donald Edward Portwood, oldest son of J.E. and Alice Portwood, was born at Nelson, Nebraska, December 29, 1908; passed away from his home in Nelson, May 1, 1948. He lived the life of the average small town boy, attending Nelson Public Schools, and the Methodist Church and Sunday school. He was always fond of football and baseball, but his happiest boyhood hours were spent with his Uncle Joe, hunting and getting acquainted with nature. In later years he and his faithful wife spent many vacations in the lake regions, hunting, fishing and boating. At the age of about seventeen he left Nelson for Kansas City, where he spent several years in the clothing departments of the better stores, and at nineteen years, he was clothing buyer for one of the larger Kansas City concerns. He was married on January 26, 1931, to Miss Ann Metzger, of Kansas City, who was also in the employ of the concern with whom he was associated. During the seventeen years of their married life, through sunshine and through sorrow, Ann has always done her share, and more. About 1938 Don and Ann returned to Nelson, where they established their home, and took positions in the old home store. He was always fond of children, and took a keen delight in the youngsters who played in his back yard. On August 3, 1942 Don enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and Ann kept the home fires burning for nearly three years, alone. He was on the U.S.S. Destroyer Walke during the bitterest months of the war. This ship was badly injured by depth bombs in Florida coastal waters, was active in the Normandy Invasion--returned to Boston for repairs for 90 days--was immediately sent to the Pacific Theatre where it underwnet six days of torture in the Leyte invasion, was struck by a Japanese suicide bomber, killing three officers and sixty of its crew. Two days later the crew saved 280 men, many badly injured, as the result of another sinking. Tens of thousands of our American boys suffered exactly the same experiences--and many of them far worse, even unto death--all around the globe. Don received his Honorable Discharge on May 8, 1945, returning to his home after spending many weeks in U.S. Hospitals, and has received care in them several times since that date. In August, 1945, Don and Ann started their own business in Nelson, and many, many friends have been gracious and helpful to them. He leaves to mourn his loss his faithful wife, Ann, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Portwood, two sisters, Gail Portwood, Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. Humphrey M. Evans, Jr., New York City, and one brother, J.L. Portwood, also of New York City, and scores of other relatives and a host of friends. Also his buddies of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, May 6, 1948

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Donald Edward Portwood death on 1 May 1948 in Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
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John Edward “Ed” Portwood

(1880 - 1960)

Alice “Dollie” Orner Portwood

(1872 - 1963)

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