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Wilbur Loren Portwood

Birth	:	11 Nov 1883 Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	5 Nov 1958 Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Nuckolls County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2056084, -98.0791702
Plot	:	Block 11, Lot 22
Description	:	Funeral services for Wilbur L. Portwood are to be held in the Nelson Methodist church (sic) at two o'clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Lincoln Justice officiating. Mr. Portwood, 74, a long-time Nelson merchant, died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning at his home here following a cerebral hemmorrhage. He had been in ill health for some time and had left Mary Lanning hospital in Hastings only Saturday. Mr. Portwood was born in Nuckolls county (sic) four miles southwest of Edgar. He came to Nelson first in 1898 to attend high school. He worked on year when a young man... Read More	Funeral services for Wilbur L. Portwood are to be held in the Nelson Methodist church (sic) at two o'clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Lincoln Justice officiating. Mr. Portwood, 74, a long-time Nelson merchant, died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning at his home here following a cerebral hemmorrhage. He had been in ill health for some time and had left Mary Lanning hospital in Hastings only Saturday. Mr. Portwood was born in Nuckolls county (sic) four miles southwest of Edgar. He came to Nelson first in 1898 to attend high school. He worked on year when a young man in Spokane, Wash., and also resided a short time in Arapahoe as manager of one of the Portwood stores. With these exceptions he had spent his entire adult life in Nelson. During this time he has been associated with the stores purchased by the Portwood family here in 1908. At the time of his death he was manager of the Portwood Clothing department. Surviving are his wife, the former Bertha Enearl, a daughter, Mrs. Barton H. Lepper of McCook; two sons, Robert of Hastings and John D. of Norfolk; three brothers, J. Edward of Nelson, Guy of Davenport, and Harland of Davenport, Ia.; and two sisters, Maude of Nelson, and Mrs. Vivian Wood of Franklin, Ind. The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, November 6, 1958

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Wilbur Loren Portwood death on 5 Nov 1958 in Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.2056084
Longitude: -98.0791702

Family Members:

Parent

David Portwood

(1852 - 1928)

Nancy Jane Culver Portwood

(1853 - 1918)

Spouse

Bertha Arvilla Enearl Portwood

(1891 - 1981)

Siblings

Florence Almeda Portwood Marshall

(1874 - 1917)

John Edward “Ed” Portwood

(1880 - 1960)

Maude B. Portwood

(1881 - 1968)

Harland Culver Portwood

(1889 - 1969)

Children

Robert E. Portwood

(1922 - 2008)

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