Charlotte A. Nelson

Charlotte A. Nelson, 86, of Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Moline, Illinois, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.

Services are 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 6, 2017, in the Horizon Room at Trimble Funeral Home at Trimble Pointe, 701 12th Street, Moline. Cremation will take place prior to services at Trimble Crematory, with private burial at Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House.

The former Charlotte Anna Douglas was born May 15, 1931, in Stillman Valley, Illinois, the daughter of Russell and Alice (Anderson) Douglas. She married C. Lloyd Nelson on November 17, 1949, in Rock Island, Illinois. He died April 21, 2001.

She worked as a sales clerk at Von Maur for many years and was an avid button collector. She also enjoyed gardening, and was a member of the Moline Horticulture Society.

Charlotte is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Barbara Nelson of Cedaredge, Colorado; a daughter and son-in-law, Dianne and Greg Wierenga of Roseville, California; three grandchildren, Sarah (Steve) Mahieu, Nicole Wierenga, and Melissa Wierenga, all of California; and two great-grandchildren, Kaiya and Aidan Mahieu. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Thomas M. Nelson; and a sister, Janet Wiseley.

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