Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sept. 22, 1920 - Oct. 5, 1995
South Bend Tribune 10/6/1995
SOUTH BEND - Ruth G. Nelson, 75, of
Holiday, Fla., formerly of South Bend, died at 6:15 a.m. Thursday
in her home after an illness. Mrs. Nelson was born Sept. 22,
1920, in South Bend and lived in South Bend until moving to
Florida in 1994.
On Sept. 22, 1937, in South Bend, as Ruth G.
Cartwright, she married Delbert W. Nelson. He survives
with a daughter, Carolyn Skinner of Gallatin, Tenn.; three
sons, Tom, Donald and John, all of South Bend; 11 grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a sister,
Myrtle Wiatrolik of Decatur and Jensen Beach, Fla.; and
two brothers, James Cartwright of Elkhart and Leo Cartwright of
Peoria, Ariz. She was a member of South Bend Moose.
There will be no services or visitation.
Cremation will take place at American Cremation & Burial,
Palm Harbor, Fla., who handled arrangements. Memorial
contributions may be made to Hernando Paso Hospice Inc., 12107
Majestic Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667.