Gretchen Carol Nelson

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Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory

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October 13, 2025

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Celebration of Life

2:00 p.m.

Mount Carmel Ministries

800 Mt Carmel Dr NE, Alexandria, MN 56308

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Gretchen Nelson Obituary

Gretchen was born in 1937 in Brooten, MN to Wilbert and Alice (Schensted) Gildemeister. Before 10 she sang her first on-stage solo. Later, she heard the Concordia choir sing and loved the sound, and determined to sing in it. She made the choir... Read Gretchen Nelson's Obituary