Genevieve Nelson

Genevieve E. Anderson Nelson, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 21, 2010, at her home of heart failure. She was under the loving care of her family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Genevieve was born July 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Swedish Immigrants David Nathaniel Anderson and Ada Sophia Swanson Anderson. Gen's precious mother passed away when Gen was only 10 years old. Her loving father raised his three daughters. He taught them to ice skate and to enjoy life. Gen played the guitar in a string band with him. The three girls would spend their summers with an aunt and uncle on their farm in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, where they would swim and go boating on the lake. It was her "heaven on earth." When she was nineteen, she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Calvin James Nelson November 20, 1941, on Thanksgiving Day, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together Calvin and Gen farmed. Five children were born to this union. They were longtime residents of Paul, Idaho. After Calvin retired in 1991, they moved to Idaho Falls to be near their children and grandchildren. Calvin and Gen enjoyed 62 years of marriage before Calvin passed away November 2, 2003. Gen was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Young Women Leader and Relief Society President in addition to various other callings over the years. She and Calvin served a full-time mission to the California Fresno Mission from 1980 to 1982. They served as temple workers in the Boise Temple from 1982 to 1985 and then served in the Idaho Falls temple for two years. Gen served as a Pink Lady at the Minidoka County Hospital for over 25 years, and as a member of the Paul Planners Club. Genevieve is survived by her four daughters, Judy (Donald) Aiken, Rita (Michael) Schofield, Donna (Curtis) Maughan, and Beth (Wayne) Campbell of Idaho Falls, ID; a son, Kent Nelson of Wasilla, AK, and a sister, Virginia Wicklund of St. Paul, Minnesota; 35 grandchildren and 70 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Calvin, a brother, August Anderson, a sister, Elnora Anderson, and a grandson, Nathan Schofield. Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Idaho Falls LDS Fox Hollow Ward, 2345 West 17th South, with Bishop Don Dahl officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, and Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, Gen requested donations be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian Fund or Missionary Fund, LDS Philanthropies – Latter-day Saint Charities, 15 East South Temple, 2nd Floor East, Salt Lake City, UT 84150.

Funeral Services

11 a.m. ,Saturday, September 25, 2010 Idaho Falls LDS Fox Hollow Ward 2345 West 17th South Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Notes: The family will visit with friends Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, and Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park.