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NELSON, RUTH V. Ruth V. Nelson, 84, of Westminster, passed away January 23, 2007. She was a graduate of the Kahler School of Nursing, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, was a Lt. in the Army Nurse Corp in Camp Carson in Colorado Springs from April 1945 to April 1946. Graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in 1947. Administrator at Colorado General Hospital until 1954. Married to G. Allan Nelson in 1954. Longtime school nurse in DPS. Survived by her husband, G. Allan; daughter Libby (Scott) Crouch; son Jon (Jennifer) Nelson; grandchildren, Morgan, Elizabeth, and Henry Crouch, Brooklyn Gaffner, and Byron Nelson. Memorial Service 2:00 PM Thursday, Feb. 1, Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave. Private family committal at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Memorial to Augustana Lutheran Church Health Program.

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Published by Denver Post from Jan. 28 to Jan. 30, 2007.

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