Obituaries : Doris Nelson

Doris Nelson

KEYSTONE: Doris R. Nelson, 86, of Keystone and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 1, 2014 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, December 5, 2014 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 118 High St. in Waterloo, with Rev. Gary Olson officiating, where friends may register from 10:30 until service time. Committal Services will be held at 3 p.m., on Friday at the Keystone Cemetery in Keystone. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., on Thursday at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone. A Memorial Fund has been established.
Doris was born July 11, 1928 at Elberon to George and Mary (Sikir) Kucera. Prior to retiring she taught school at Garwin and at Benton Community and had been employed at Wal-Mart.
She loved traveling, baking, and spending time with family and friends.
She is survived by her children, Loretta (Glen) Herzberger of Broken Arrow, OK, Corene (Dan) Criger of Norwalk, Dora (Gary) Zmolek of Toledo, and Roger (Kim) Junge of Keystone; her step-children, Shelley (Doug) Weltruski of Cedar Falls, John (Lise) Nelson of Moravia, and Jeff (Deb) Nelson of Faribault, MN; twenty-four grandchildren; thirty-six great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild; and her sisters, Wilma Kalina of Cedar Rapids, and Marge (Max) Crandall of Marshalltown.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, LaVerne Junge, Harold Thomas and Robert Nelson; one son-in-law; and one great grandchild.