Hjordis E. Nelson

Hjordis E. Nelson, 92, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Tuesday, September 7, 2004, at St. Mary's Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.Hjordis Jacobson was born April 15, 1912 to George and Marie Johanson Jacobson at Lake Park, Minnesota. She grew up and attended school in Lake Park. She worked as a housekeeper in homes in Lake Park. She also worked at Carl's Lefse and the Hitterdal lefse factory. Hjordis married Arnold Nelson on June 29, 1937 at the Lake Park Parsonage. Following their marriage they farmed in the Hitterdal area until 1989, when they retired and moved to Lake Park. In 1991 they moved to Hawley, Minnesota, where they resided at the Viking Apartments. Arnold died July 31, 1992. Hjordis remained in Hawley until 2002 when she moved to the Pleasant View Apartments in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Hjordis was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and three brothers.She is survived by two daughters, Audrey Jim Savig, Audubon, MN, and Diane Robert Bakke, Hawley, MN; one brother, Elward Jacobson, Ft. Wayne, Indiana; two sisters, Alph Wenthin, Hawley, MN, and Gudrun Anderson, Moorhead, MN; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.