Leona Nelson, formerly of Montevideo, died on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 96. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee officiating. Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday afternoon and evening with the family present from 6 - 8 P.M. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo. Leona Elizabeth (Proehl) Nelson was born on March 4, 1915 in Madison, SD to Otto and Gertrude (Arvidson) Proehl. She was baptized at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Madison, SD on April 11, 1915. The family moved to farms in the Kerkhoven area where she attended country school. On November 28, 1933, she was united in marriage to Abner Nelson in Willmar, MN. They lived on a farm in rural Montevideo before moving into town, where she lived until moving to the Clarkfield Care Center in 2008. She was the bookkeeper for Abner Nelson Construction. She was confirmed on May 9, 1948 and was a long-time and faithful member of at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. She was a charter member of the Altar Guild. She enjoyed cooking, baking, making Norwegian foods and egg coffee, playing cards and entertaining. Her faith and her family were extremely important to her. She is survived by four grandchildren: Lori (and Tony) Miloni of North Little Rock, AR, Lynn (and Dennis) Meier of Villisca, IA, Sheryl (and Paul) Bednar of Imperial, PA, and Scott (and Deb) Flickinger of Andover, MN; five great-grandchildren: Chelsea, Arielle, John, Daniel and David; a sister, Agnes Treffry of Laguna Hills, CA; two sisters-in-law, Norma Anderson and Rhoda Nelson both of Montevideo, MN; as well as by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Abner Nelson on April 4,1985; two daughters: Wanda Flickinger on June 17, 2010 and LaVon Larson on October 4, 2011; a son-in-law, Kenneth Larson; a sister, Lucille Charlet; and a brother, Lester Anderson. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Our Saviors Lutheran Church