Nellie H. Arp (1892-1987)

Source: Joyce (Hansen) George

Nellie H. Arp, 94

Nellie H. Arp, 94, of Council Bluffs, died Friday morning at a Bellevue nursing home following an extended illness.

Services were Monday, Jan. 26 at Raynor Funeral Home in Glenwood. The Rev. Laine A. Mathiason officiated. Burial was at the Plumer Cemetery.

She was born in Marion County, and came to the Council Bluffs area in 1903 and lived her lifetime there.

She was a school teacher for Lewis Township from 1911 to 1912 and for the Mills County Schools from 1948 to 1956 when she retired.

Arp was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Glenwood. Her husband, Adolph, died in 1978. She is survived by her son, Alvin A. Arp of Council Bluffs; her daughter, Mrs. Martin (Lucille) Kotrba, also of Council Bluffs; six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dennis Green, John Poore, Bob Scheidle, Owen Jens, Jerry McIntosh, Dennis Kotrba and Wayne Hahn.