Evalyn Maxine Neilson

Private family services will be held for Mrs. Evalyn M. Neilson of Truman, Minnesota. Mrs. Neilson passed away peacefully at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman on Thursday, December 2, 2004 at the age of 81 years. Olson-Zaharia Funeral Home of Fairmont assisted the family with arrangements. Evalyn Maxine Peterson, the daughter of William and Eva (Lundquist) Peterson, was born August 24, 1923 in Princeton, Illinois where she spent her childhood, attended school and graduated from high school. On September 3, 1969, she was united in marriage to William Neilson in Saranac, New York. Evalyn was employed as a treasurer/secretary for the Dome Oil Company until her retirement in 1987. She belonged to the Evangelical Swedish Covenant Church and was the first woman to serve as a chairperson on a Canadian church board. Evalyn enjoyed reading and sewing. She became a resident of the Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman April 7, 2004. Mrs. Neilson is survived by her loving husband, William Neilson of the Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman, Minnesota; one son, Stephen of Salt Lake City, Utah; one granddaughter, Stephannie Langager and her husband, Alan of Granada, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Eldon. She has touched many lives and will truly be missed. You smiled your golden smile and comforted us with your strength and presence. You've given so much to us in living for "You? are the meaning of good. Your faith, your hope and your love are forever, and we would have kept you here if we could. But our good Lord has called you home to Him, and it's time to rest. You were always there when we needed you no task too great or small, with a loving heart and a willing hand, for us you did them all.