NELSON, Delbert Ingvold^[1]

1909 - 1980  (71 years)

• Name	NELSON, Delbert Ingvold
  Birth	10 May 1909	Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	31 Aug 1942	United States Air Force   [3]
  	World War II
  	Address: World War II
  	Details of the WWII enlistment index transcription: Name: Delbert I Nelson Name (Original): NELSON DELBERT I Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 31 Aug 1942 Term of Enlistment: Event Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Residence Place: Race: White Citizenship Status: citizen Birth Year: 1909 Birthplace: IOWA Education Level: 2 years of high school Civilian Occupation: Electricians Marital Status: Married Military Rank: Private Army Branch: Air Corps Army Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source Reference: Civil Life Serial Number: 17114213 Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946 Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923 Box Film Number: 02522.109
  Death	8 Dec 1980	Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  	Address: Sunwood Care Center
  	Delbert Nelson Delbert Nelson, 71, retired Franklin area farmer and electrician, died Monday at Sunwood Care Center, Redwood Falls. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls with Rev. Iler P. Anderson officiating. Rev. Anderson will sing and Mrs. Carolyn Marguth will be organist. Pallbearers will be Gary and Ernest Serbus. Ken and Herbert Nelson, Carl Severi and Leonard Bratsch. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and until the time of service Wednesday. Mr. Nelson was born May 10, 1909 at Ruthon, IA a son of Kitel and Clara Johnson Nelson. When he was a youth, the family moved to Sleepy Eye where he attended school. His marriage to Pearl White took place at Morton June 6, 1941. They made their home in Franklin where he was self employed as a farmer and electrician. He retired in 1979 due to poor health. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II, member of St. Luke's Church and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife; daughters Mrs. Gregory (Janice) Hellie of White Bear Lake and Mrs. Harlan (Carol) Anderson of Anchorage, AK; three grandchildren; and brothers Ben, John, Clarence and Alvin all of Franklin. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra, in 1975, two brothers and one sister.
  Person ID	I5547	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Freitag Family (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	WHITE, Pearl Irene,   b. 30 Sep 1923, Renville, Minnesota, United States d. 22 May 1994, Franklin, Renville, Minnesota, United States (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1941	Morton, Renville, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  Children	+ 1. NELSON, Janice Ann,   b. 24 Mar 1942, Brown, Minnesota, United States d. 2 Aug 1999, Breezy Point, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States (Age 57 years) > 2. Living   3. NELSON, Debra Suanne,   b. 26 Feb 1956, Redwood, Minnesota, United States d. 1975 (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F1875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S252] Vital Records - Minnesota Birth Records-FamilySearch 1935-2002, viewed index online; 1 January 2014; Child of Delbert Nelson and Pearl White. [S77] Newspaper - Minnesota - Redwood Gazette, Obituary of Delbert Nelson; 9 December 1980; unknown page and column. [S317] Military - US WWII Army Enlistment Records, viewed index online; 1 January 2014; Delbert I Nelson; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946.