Statler Family Obituaries
Neilson, Viola (nee Call)
JACKSON - Mrs. Viola Neilson, 83, passed away Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000, at
the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
Friends may call Saturday, Nov. 11, from 4-8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. An
Eastern Star service will be held at 7 p.m.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at the funeral home. The Revs. John
Rice and Richard Northcutt will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.
Mrs. Neilson was born Sept. 3, 1917, daughter of Romer G. and Marie Welch Call. She and
George Neilson were married July 22, 1950, at Marble Hill, Mo. He survives.
Other loving survivors are two daughters, Donna Neilson of San Antonio, Texas, Doris
Koeberl of Jackson; and two granddaughters, Kristy Kennon of Ballwin, Mo., and Kara
Koeberl of Jackson.
Mrs. Neilson received a bachelor of science degree at Southeast Missouri State University.
She was an elementary teacher at various rural schools in Bollinger County, and while
living in Champaign IL,taught at a business school.
Mr. and Mrs. Neilson moved to Jackson MO in 1954. She was an elementary teacher at Jackson
R-2 Schools, retiring in 1977.
She was a member of New McKendree United Methodist Church, a friendship member of the
Wesleyan Circle, and Order of Eastern Star 91.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Alzheimer's Association
or the Lutheran Home.
Obituary found at the Find A Grave website and was printed in the November ??, 2000 edition of the Southeast Missourian newspaper
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