Evelyn Louise Nelson's obituary , Passed away on June 25, 2026 in Fort Scott, Kansas

Evelyn Louise Nelson

September 3, 1925 - June 25, 2026 (100 years old)

Fort Scott, Kansas

Evelyn Louise Nelson's obituary , Passed away on June 25, 2026 in Fort Scott, Kansas

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Evelyn Louise Nelson

September 3, 1925 - June 25, 2026 (100 years old)

Fort Scott, Kansas

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Evelyn Louise Nelson Obituary

Evelyn Louise Nelson (Fort Scott, Kansas) passed away on June 25, 2026. Evelyn, born on September 3, 1925, shared life alongside family, friends, and others. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Estella Roberson and Reverend Gather Roberson; and her siblings, Reverend Gather Roberson, Walter Roberson, Harold Roberson and Garthonia Roberson.

She is survived by: her husband Robert Nelson; her children, Estella Holbrook-Brown, Robert Craig Nelson (Bob Kruzman), Joyce McKelvy (Al McKelvy), Gloria Nelson Walls (Keith Walls), Ronald Nelson and William Nelson (Melissa Nelson); her goddaughter Yvonne Johnson; and her grandchildren, Marlon Johnson, Ondria Horton, Chianti Brown, Mishae Rice, Kevin Johnson, Erica McGowan, William Che Brown, Michael McKelvy, Ashley Johnson and Kennedy Louise Nelson. She is also survived by seventeen great-grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to the Robert & Evelyn Nelson Scholarship Fund at Ft. Scott Community College and may be left in care of Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott KS 66701.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel



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