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Birth:          6 Jan 1907 Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co., Okla.
Death:          12 Apr 1969 Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Wash.
Cause of Death: acute leukemia
Burial:         Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Wash.

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familysearch.org
1910 in Lebanon Twp., Laclede Co., Mo.
1920 in Lebanon Twp., Laclede Co., Mo.
1930 in Lebanon Twp., Laclede Co., Mo. bookkeeper insurance office
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Esther was the daughter of "CR", Charles Richard Edwards and Elma Kyger Edwards. 
She had two older sisters, Florence Edwards Walser and Josephine Edwards. Esther 
and Josephine moved from Lebanon, MO where they grew up to Seattle, WA. After 
their mother died, their father followed them to the Seattle area where he passed 
away. Esther met Elmer Nelson and after a time they were married on Dec. 27, 1952 
when she was 47. They had no children. Elmer worked at PSNS. He passed away May 
1962, just short of their 10th wedding anniversary.

She met her great neice, Libby, in May 1967, about a month after Libby & John were 
married. They became very close, Libby being like a daughter she was never able to 
have. They made a point of visiting with each other on the phone or in person almost 
every other day. They spent Christmas together and that year the snow was terrible 
but Libby & John were able to make it to her house every weekend. 

One evening Libby received a call from some friends of Esthers saying that she was 
very sick and she needed to be with her and John so they brought Esther to their 
house and put her in their bed (they only had one). She was so sick that through the 
week they tried to get her Church of Christ, Sciencest, to come see her but he 
wouldn't saying he would pray for her from Seattle and she should be healed by the 
evening. Evening would come and she was as bad or worse. Libby & John finally 
decided to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital, even though they don't 
believe in hospitals, because she was so weak she couldn't sip water through a straw. 
The doctors had a diagnosis within hours of Acute Leukemia. They gave her a blood 
transfusion which made her stronger but she slipped into a coma the next evening and 
passed away the day before Libby's 1st wedding anniversary. Esther is sorely missed 
but has had a joyous reunion with her husband and parents which preceded her in 
death.

Mrs. Esther E. Nelson, 62, Seabeck Highway, Rte. 1, Box 1418, died Saturday in 
Harrison Memorial Hospital. She was born January 6, 1907, at Okmulgy, Oklahoma. 
Mrs. Nelson had been a resident of Kitsap County for the past 10 years. She was 
employed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for about five years. She was a member 
of the Silverdale Garden Club and the Bremerton First Church of Christ, Scientist. 
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Edward J. Walser, Springfield, MO. a neice, Mrs. John 
(Libby)Eskelson, Bremerton. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 pm at 
the Woodlawn Funeral Home. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park with Mr. 
Carlton Smith, reader for the Church of Christ's Scientists, officiating.
 

Parents
EDWARDS Charles Richard (15 Sep 1859 - 28 Aug 1950)
KYGER Elma (7 May 1866 - 18 Apr 1932)

Siblings
EDWARDS Florence W. (11 Oct 1896 - 12 Aug 1986)
EDWARDS Josephine (22 May 1898 - 21 Aug 1954)
EDWARDS Esther (6 Jan 1907 - 12 Apr 1969)

Marriage To NELSON Elmer Christian (7 Sep 1907 - 11 May 1962)
    m. 27 Dec 1952 King Co., Wash.

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