This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Billeen, Nelson, Lush Griffin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1711.7.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. June 25, 1903.--MORTUARY REPORT.--Mrs. Nellie Billeen died at the home of her daughter , Mrs. Gilbert Griffin, Sunday, June 31st, at 3 p.m., after an illness of only a few days. The funeral was held at the Locust Grove church Tuesday at 11 p.m. after which the remains were interred in the Locust Grove cemetery. The address was given by Rev. Culvert. The tenderst sympathies of their many friends is extended. Nellie Nelson was born in Sweden in 1818. She was married to Mr. Billeen in 1844 and has lived in this country several years. She was, while in Sweden, a member of the Baptist church and united with the same organization in this country. As a wife, mother and neighbor her virtues were unexcelled. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom died in infancy. The other four and her husband she leaves to mourn her death. The sons and daughters living, who by name are, Oscar and Charles Billeen and Mesdames Lush and Griffin, all reside in Locust Grove township.