Neva Ann Nelson
1926 - 2020
Obituary
Neva Ann Nelson, 93, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2020) at Asbury
Park in Newton.
She was born on April 24, 1926, in Newton, the daughter of
Samuel George and Augusta K. Kater Mull. Neva was raised on a farm outside of
Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1944. Shortly after graduating
from high school, she went to work at the Santa Fe Railroad, where she worked
until 1959.
Neva married Billy G. Nelson on Dec. 1, 1957, in Newton.
They continued to live in Newton. He died on Oct. 23, 2012.
She was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. Neva was
an avid reader and would enjoy watching the Royals play baseball.
Survivors include her three sons, Paul D. Nelson and wife
Kimberly of Newton, Joel Nelson and wife Cindy of Overland Park and James D.
Nelson of Newton; brother, Daniel Mull of Michigan; sister, Eunice Grimm of
Parker, Colorado; her grandchildren: Tamaira George, Whitney Nelson, Chelsea
Kusmec and Jared Nelson; and great-grandchildren: Penelope George, Campbell
George, Eleanor Kusmec and Braiden Lybarger.
Neva is preceded in death by her parents; husband; and
sister, Doris J. Wedel.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday (Feb. 10,
2020) at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton. Interment will be in the
Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home between noon
and 5 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 9, 2020), where the family will receive friends between
2 and 3:30 p.m.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.