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Janet Nelson

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Janet Nelson obituary, 1918-2013, Salem, OR

BORN

1918

DIED

2013

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City View Funeral Home and Cemetery

390 Hoyt St. South

Salem, Oregon

Janet Nelson Obituary

Janet Marie Wilcox Nelson

November 22, 1918 - October 1, 2013

Janet Nelson, 94, died October 1, 2013. She was born in Portland, Oregon, grew up in the small town of Grass Valley in Eastern Oregon and graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelors of Science degree in home economics in 1940. She moved to Salem with her family in 1946 following her husband Maynard A. Nelson's discharge from WWII.

Foremost she considered herself a mother of her three sons, a wife to her beloved husband of nearly 62 years and a homemaker. She also served the community as a home economics instructor at Leslie Junior High School for 11 years.

Her passions included spending time with family, traveling, gardening, swimming, social dancing and the arts. She was a model for healthy living in her retirement community of Capital Manor and was honored with an "active aging" award in 2009.

Survivors include brother, Dean M. Wilcox, M.D. of The Dalles and his family; sons, George R. Nelson, O.D. of Portland and Brent Nelson of Woodland Hills, Calif.; six grandchildren, Heather Nelson-Robertson of Portland, Matthew B. Nelson of Lake Oswego, Coleen Jamison of Portland, Shane Marie Jakober D.V.M of Woodland, CA, Royce Kristin Nelson of Los Angeles and Jacqueline Ranum Nelson of Woodland Hills, CA; five great-grandchild, Solveig Montel Robertson of Anchorage, AK, Charlotte, Audrey, Henry and Nora Nelson of Lake Oswego; and great-great granddaughter Luna Estrella of Anchorage.

Janet's family would like to extend a special thanks to all of the staff and her friends at Capital Manor and in Manor Care, and to her assistant for the blind with Blindskills, Cathy Bickerdike.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 5 at the Capital Manor, 1955 Dallas Hwy NW. Interment will be in Grass Valley IOOF Cemetery. Donations can be made to Salem Alliance for the Mental Ill, 161 High St. SE, Salem, OR 97301. Arrangements are by City View Funeral Home, Salem.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Statesman Journal on Oct. 4, 2013.

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Jim Alberty

December 17, 2013

I'll always remember Janet and Maynard as good landlords and friends. I often recall the days of harvest when Janet and family would stay at the Finnegan ranch, while Maynard ran combine. My prayers go out to the family.

Paul T

October 5, 2013

My parents lived next door to them in West Salem, It was always a pleasure to see Janet and Maynard. RIP Janet. Prayers to the family. God Bless!

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