Nellie Gertrude Nye

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Nellie Gertrude Nye (Lee)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Death: June 12, 1968 (55)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA (Lung Cancer)
Place of Burial: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Elmer Lee and Bessie Mae Lee
Wife of John Samuel Nye
Mother of Private; Richard William Nye; Jackie Nye; Karen Irene Duckworth; LeRoy Donald Nye and 1 other
Sister of Audelle Marie Arnold and Bessie Esther Springer
Half sister of Raymond J. Gilpin

Managed by: John H. Nye
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About Nellie Gertrude Nye

She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother with love and dedication to her family. She was a dedicated Christian at the Church of God. She kept house and did a fantastic job with little money and no running water in her home. She would pump the water for cooking, washing and bathing on Saturdays in the canvas bathtub.

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Nellie Gertrude Nye's Timeline

1912
October 26, 1912
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1934
April 7, 1934
Born at home - 2341 29th St., Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
1937
July 9, 1937
Born at Home - 1115 Westwood Dr. N.W., Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States

At this time his mother would carry water from a spring for laundry, etc.

1939
September 4, 1939
Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA, United States
1946
March 6, 1946
Cedar Rapids, IA, United States