Truly Mae PIKE

1913 - 2002  (88 years)

• Name	Truly Mae PIKE
  Birth	27 May 1913	Mitchell County, Iowa
  	Her obit said Deer Creek in Worth County
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jan 2002	Mower County, Minnesota
  	Austin Medical Center
  Notes	Truly Mae Nelson Hansen Funeral service for Truly Mae Nelson Hansen was held Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, rural Glenville. The Rev. Dan Baker officiated. Burial was at Six Mile Grove Lutheran Cemetery, rural Lyle. Truly Mae Nelson Hansen, 88, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at the Austin Medical Center in Austin. She was born May 27, 1913, to Walter and Isabella (Kvale) Pike in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, Iowa. She was confirmed at Deer Creek Lutheran Church of Carpenter and graduated from Otranto High School of Otranto in 1931. Truly Pike married Rudolph Nelson in 1933 at the Silver Lake Lutheran Church of rural Northwood. They farmed near London until his death in 1964. She moved to Albert Lea where she worked at Land O'Lakes and St. John's Lutheran Home. She married Art Hansen in 1974 at Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, rural Glenville. They resided in Glenville. He preceded her in death. She moved to Lyle and later to Austin, with St. Mark's Lutheran Home as her last residence. She was a member of Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church rural Glenville, and was active in WELCA and circle. She enjoyed her family, playing cards, crocheting, dancing to old time music and listening to country music. Her grandchildren will remember her for her famous homemade donuts. She is survived by three sons and one daughter, Walter (Betty) Nelson of Warner Robbins, GA, Ronald (Marilyn) Nelson of Owatonna, Larry (Paulette) Nelson of Austin, and Marian (Kenneth) Copa of White Bear Township, MN; 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren; one brother, Harold Pike of Mason City; three sisters, Dorothy Naber of Mason City, Alice Olson of Northwood, and Thelma DeLaney of Austin and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, three brothers and two sisters.
  Person ID	I41084	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	1 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter PIKE,   b. 26 Dec 1880, Worth County, Iowa d. 5 Jun 1976, Mitchell County, Iowa (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Isabel Ingeborg KVALE,   b. 12 May 1878, South Dakota d. 28 Jul 1970, Mitchell County, Iowa (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F23846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rudolph NELSON,   b. 1906, Minnesota d. 4 Aug 1964 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1933	Northwood, Worth County, Iowa
  Children	1. Walter Lauritz NELSON,   b. 24 Sep 1933, Freeborn County, Minnesota d. 6 Mar 2011, Fremont County, Iowa (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F27610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Arthur HANSEN
  Marriage	1974	Iowa
  Family ID	F27614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2024