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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Nelson, Hoagland, Peasley
Classification: obituary
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Wednesday, 23 October 1918
THE LAST RITES Were Performed Yesterday for Percy I. Nelson, Former Decatur Boy.
Died in Detroit
Of Spanish Influenza and Heart Trouble
Son of Isaac Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs Isaac Nelson and daughter, Zelma, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hoagland have
returned from Detroit, Mich., where they attended the funeral of their son and brother,
Percy I. Nelson, aged twenty-eight, who died Sunday morning at three o'clock, after a
two weeks' illness of Spanish influenza and heart trouble. The funeral was held
yesterday afternoon at one o'clock.
The parents were called to Detroit Saturday by his illness, and a later message that he
was worse summoned his sister and brother-in-law, who however, did not know of his death
until their arrival there.
He had lived in Detroit about nine years and was married there to Miss Florence
Peasley. The widow and four little children are left.
Besides the two sisters, Gayly, wife of Ben Hoagland, and Miss Zelma Nelson, of this
city, there is a brother, Tracy, who lives in Toledo, O.
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