1912
Nellie
2006
Nellie Fossum
June 12, 1912 — November 12, 2006
Graveside services for the cremated remains of Mrs. Nellie Fossum, age 94, of Poulsbo, WA, will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in the Milbank City Cemetery. The Reverend Colleen Natalie-Lees will officiate. Nellie died on November 12, 2006, at the Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo. There will be no visitation. The Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank is in charge of the arrangements.
Nellie was born on June 12, 1912, in Twin Brooks, SD, the daughter of John and Johanna Kampen. Her parents divorced three years later and she was raised by her mother who was employed in Jay Morrill's Bentley Grand CafAC. in Milbank. She graduated from Milbank High School in 1932.
Her marriage to Kenneth Fossum of Milbank took place on July 6, 1935, in Britton. Two daughters were born to the couple. In 1948 the family moved to Bremerton, WA.
Mrs. Fossum was a devoted mother who worked out of the home to support her daughters. Her first job was in the Economy Store operated by the late Robert Bull. She had also worked as a bookkeeper at the St. Hubert Hotel garage before her family moved to Washington state.
She, her husband and their daughters, Deanna and Karen, made many trips back to Milbank to visit family and friends. She was active in a number of organizations in the Bremerton area until her illness required her entrance into the nursing home where she resided for eleven years.
She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Dick Clark, Buckley, WA, and Deanna and Gordon Hansen, Tracyton, WA; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; two great, great grandchildren, and a niece, Alice (Huston) McFarland, Moorhead, MN.
Nellie was preceded in death by her husband on November 5, 2003 and a stillborn daughter, Judy Ann.
Nellie was born on June 12, 1912, in Twin Brooks, SD, the daughter of John and Johanna Kampen. Her parents divorced three years later and she was raised by her mother who was employed in Jay Morrill's Bentley Grand CafAC. in Milbank. She graduated from Milbank High School in 1932.
Her marriage to Kenneth Fossum of Milbank took place on July 6, 1935, in Britton. Two daughters were born to the couple. In 1948 the family moved to Bremerton, WA.
Mrs. Fossum was a devoted mother who worked out of the home to support her daughters. Her first job was in the Economy Store operated by the late Robert Bull. She had also worked as a bookkeeper at the St. Hubert Hotel garage before her family moved to Washington state.
She, her husband and their daughters, Deanna and Karen, made many trips back to Milbank to visit family and friends. She was active in a number of organizations in the Bremerton area until her illness required her entrance into the nursing home where she resided for eleven years.
She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Dick Clark, Buckley, WA, and Deanna and Gordon Hansen, Tracyton, WA; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; two great, great grandchildren, and a niece, Alice (Huston) McFarland, Moorhead, MN.
Nellie was preceded in death by her husband on November 5, 2003 and a stillborn daughter, Judy Ann.