Jane Riedel Nelson, 94

Jane Riedel Nelson, 94, died October 10 in Northfield Hospital. She was born on August 17, 1918 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Her parents were Emily Carnahan and John Riedel, both of whom were born in Pittsburgh. Jane went to business school, worked in Pittsburgh and met William R Nelson, whom she married in Columbus, Georgia on February 20, 1943. After World War II, the couple returned to Western Pennsylvania, where their extended family carved out a life in rural Pennsylvania, and where they raised three boys. William worked in oil refineries along the Ohio River, ran a hardware store and worked for the Pennsylvania State Park system.

Jane stayed home, oversaw the daily responsibilities of family life, and later resumed work as a book-keeper, when the children were older. William died in 1997, and In 2001 Jane moved to Northfield. She participated in the senior center and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

She is survived by three sisters: Emily (Donald) Scott of Roxbury Maine, Dorothy Morris, of Homer City, Pennsylvania, and Catherine Nylund of Torrence, California. She is also survived by her three sons, William (Pat) of Bethlehem, Pa; Mark (Faith) of Bedford, Pa; and Richard (Jane) of Northfield, MN. She leaves nine grand children, and three great grand children, Ella, Clara and Luke.

Services will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield, October 12th. at 2 pm. Internment will be in Somerset, Pennsylvania.

Funeral arrangements by the Bierman Funeral Home of Northfield.