Funeral services for Mrs. Maria Nielsen were held this Wednesday, at 2 o'clock at the Ohde Funeral Home, with the Rev George B. Eschenbacher of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery. Linus Heithoff, Eustace Lake, Leo Kerwin, Melvin Wolf, Joe Horbach, and John J. Struve acted as pallbearers.

Mrs. Nielsen passed away July 14, 1958, at St Anthony hospital where she had been a patient about a month. She reached the age of 72 years, 11 months and 15 days.

Daughter of Claus and Katherine Strosahl, she was born on July 29, 1885, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She came to the United States in 1904 and settled at Davenport. In 1906, she married Claus Nielsen, and had lived in Manning since that time.

Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen were the parents of two children: Claus Jr. of Manning; and Mrs. Fred (Marie) Nulle, who passed away a number of years ago.

Besides her son, she leaves a brother, Claus Strosahl, Manning; a sister, Mrs. Emma Voigt, Wesselburen, Holstein, Germany; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her daughter, her parents, eight brothers and sisters.