This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NISSEN, MARTINSEN, MORTINSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/713 Message Board Post: Mrs. John Nissen, 73, died at the Greater Community hospital here (Creston, IA) at 3:50 a.m. today (23 Jan 1953) after a three-year illness. Mrs. Nissen had lived in Creston since 1945 and previously had lived on a farm southeast of Creston. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational church at Cromwell at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Rev. V. R. Willey will officiate. Burial will be in the Cromwell cemetery. Her body is at the Coen Funeral Home here. Esther Martinson was born at Harland, Ia., Feb. 7, 1879. She was the daughter of Peter and Mary Mortenson Martinson. She was married at Harlan, Dec. 2, 1896, to John Nissen, who survives her. Also surviving are three sons, Peter Nissen of Afton and John Nissen and Warren Nissen, both of Cromwell; and two brothers, Sam Nissen, Plainview, Nebr., and William Nissen, Denver, Colo. Submitter's note: Although her brothers are listed as having the surname Nissen in her obituary, this is probably a typographical error and their surname is Martinsen / Martinson.