Janice  M.  Nelson

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 A Time of Remembering and Celebrating the Life of Janice M. Nelson, 69, of rural Sherburn, Minnesota,  will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m.  Sunday, June 12. 2022 at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn, Minnesota.      

Jan died on Tuesday afternoon, May 31, 2022  in  Sherburn, Minnesota.  

Messages of Sympathy may be sent to the family online at www.kramerfuneralhome.com

Janice Marie Merron was born on November 11, 1952 to George and Agnes (Droessler) Merron in Algona, Iowa.  She graduated from Bancroft High School in 1970.  Jan  continued her education and graduated from Hamilton Business School in Mason City, Iowa with a degree in Secretarial and Administrative Science.  After college, she started her career by working at Railway Motors in Fairmont. Following her employment with Railway Motors, she worked as a secretary for a local dental office. On November 6, 1976, she was united in marriage to Robert K. Nelson at St. John’s the Baptist Catholic Church in Bancroft, Iowa.  Shortly after they purchased a farm outside of Sherburn in Fox Lake Township where they lived, farmed, and started a family. Jan spent her time helping on the farm, raising her children, and working as a cook at the Martin County West High School. Jan was later employed as a bank teller for First Farmers and Merchants Bank in Fairmont until her retirement in 2018, serving over 20 years. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. Jan volunteered for many activities through the church and had a strong passion for faith throughout her life.

Her hobbies included quilting, sewing, gardening, baking, swimming and her horses.

She is survived by her four sons, Tony Nelson of Trimont, Minnesota, Dan Nelson of Watertown, South Dakota, Richard (Rana) Nelson and their three sons, Bennett, Winston and Archer all of Lake Crystal, Minnesota and Josh Nelson of rural Sherburn, Minnesota; bothers and sisters, Pat (Max) Merron of Bancroft, Iowa, Eileen (Roger) Vaske of Bancroft, Iowa, Dorothy (Tom) Lampe of Altoona, Iowa, Peggy (Steve) DeMarce of Blue Earth, Minnesota, Dick (Pam) Merron of Waterloo, Iowa, Jim (Cindy) Merron of Brandon, South Dakota, Bill (Sonja) Merron of Bancroft, Iowa and Mary (Bill) Zinnel of Boone, Iowa; nieces and nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.

Jan was preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” Nelson on January 28, 2020; Father and Mother, George and Agnes Merron; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Keith and Jerry Nelson and other relatives.