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Birth:          6 Jun 1926 Washoe, Payette Co., Id.
Death:          24 Nov 2014 Boise, Id.
Burial:         Valley View Cemetery, Vale, Malheur Co., Ore.

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1930 in Ironside, Malheur Co., Ore.
1940 also in Ontario, Malheur Co., Ore.
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Wanda Ione Nelson, 88, passed away November 24, 2014 in Boise, ID from 
complications of surgery.

Wanda was born June 6, 1926 at Washoe, ID to Orville Carl Nichols and Nina Mae 
Warden Nichols. The family was living in Brogan, OR at the time and Nina went to her 
mother's in Washoe to have the baby. Wanda grew up in Ironside, OR. She was an 
only child until, to her delight, a sister, Donna, was born on her 11th birthday.

Wanda met and married Merle Aaron Nelson in Ironside, OR. They married October 17, 
1948 and enjoyed being together nearly 65 years.

Merle's work took them to several towns before they returned to Ironside to help run 
the family ranch and care for Wanda's mother and sisters. By 1955 they had moved to 
Lacomb, OR and raised their four boys in the Willamette Valley. Merle and Wanda 
moved to Salem in 1971.

After Merle retired, they traveled in their motor home around the USA and Canada for 
a couple of years - an adventure they both treasured and talked about often. They 
moved to Baker City, OR in 2009 to share their lives with their son, Lloyd, and his 
family.

Wanda was a wonderful, dedicated, wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She 
enjoyed reading, being with family, traveling and working with Council on Aging. 
Wanda and Merle spent many years involved with the Meals on Wheels program in 
Salem. She had a great sense of humor and presence that will truly be missed!

Survivors include her sons Ross of St. Petersburg, FL, Grant (Michelle) and Larry of 
Albany, OR, Lloyd (Janice) of Baker City, OR and a sister and her husband, Donna 
and Verne Duncan of Milwaukie, OR. She has 10 grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband Merle, sister Deanna Nichols and 
daughter-in-law Cathy Nelson (Larry).

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 11:00 am at the 
South Salem Senior Center, 6450 Fairway Ave. SE, Salem, OR. Internment will follow 
in the Spring of 2015 in Vale, OR. Online condolences may be shared at 
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com 

Parents
NICHOLS Orville Carl (13 Jan 1899 - 2 Jul 1990)
WARDEN Nina May (15 May 1905 - 30 Dec 1952)

Siblings
NICHOLS Wanda Ione (6 Jun 1926 - 24 Nov 2014)
NICHOLS Donna ()
NICHOLS Deanna Dee (9 Dec 1939 - 8 Sep 2009)

Marriage To NELSON Merle Aaron (23 Sep 1916 - 26 Jul 2013)
    m. 17 Oct 1948 Ironside, Malheur Co., Ore.

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Parents
NELSON Romanta (Ira) ()
GEORGE Jessie May ()

Children by NELSON Merle Aaron 23 Sep 1916 - 26 Jul 2013
NELSON Ross V. ()
NELSON Grant Marvin ()
NELSON Larry Dean ()
NELSON Lloyd Eugene ()

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