Dorothy Holbrook

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Dorothy V. (Mrs. Curtis) Nelsen, age 90, formerly of Yankton, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at the Creighton Care Centre, Creighton, Nebraska.

A memorial Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton, with Rev. Gregg Frankman officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct, 4, 2002, at the Kostel Funeral Home, Yankton.

Dorothy Holbrook was born on July 18, 1912, in Bloomfield, Neb., to Frank and Isabelle (Slowey) Holbrook. Dorothy was one of nine children. She married Curtis M. Nelsen of Mission Hill, S.D., on Sept. 14, 1933. To this union, three children were born: Marjorie (Mrs. Richard Rice) of Creighton, Neb.; Jeanette (Mrs. Charles Meng) of Yankton and Harlan (Ann) Nelsen of Mission Hill. The couple farmed and lived near Mission Hill until moving to Yankton in 1983. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yankton. She worked at Yankton Human Services Center, for Dr. Edward Schindler, podiatrist, Lewis and Clark Drug Store, Montgomery Wards and Gurney Seed and Nursery. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and was a past Senior Regent of the Women of the Moose.

She is survived by her children: Marjorie, Jeanette and Harlan; two sisters: Mabel (Mrs. John Arness) of Sioux Falls and Evelyn (Mrs. Charles Jordan) of Porterville, Calif.; two brothers: Earl Holbrook of Yankton and Bill Holbrook of Porterville, Calif.; her grandchildren: Donna (Meng) Bierle, Brenda (Meng) Frick, Peggy (Meng) Olson, Bruce Meng, David Rice, Brian Nelsen and Chris Nelsen; great-grandchildren Heather Alarie, Derek Alarie, Jill (Alarie) Floyd, Kelsey Bierle, Tara Olson, Nicole Olson and Evan Rice; great-great-grandchildren Briana Alarie-McCloud, Tori Alarie-McCloud and Kyla Floyd; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Curtis; three brothers: Elmer, Francis and Lloyd; and one sister Edna.

Dorothy married Curtis Milton Nelsen on 14 Sep 1933 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Curtis (son of Norman Alfred Nelsen and Marith Carlson) was born on 25 Feb 1911 in Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States; died in Jun 1987 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marjorie Ann Nelsen was born on 3 Jul 1934.
2. Jeanette Nelsen was born on 14 Jan 1936.
3. Harlan Curtis Nelsen was born on 28 Oct 1939 in Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States; died on 18 Nov 2005 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.

Frank married Isabelle Slowey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]