Weona “Tommie” Nielsen

 Funeral services for Weona “Tommie” Nielsen, 86, of Rusk are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 in First Baptist Church Rusk with Rev. Lee Welch and Rev. Jim Goforth officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mrs. Nielsen died Oct. 7, 2007 in a Jacksonville hospital. She was born March 10, 1921 to Clarence Melton and Eula L. Walker Thompson. She spent her early life in Munday from 1947 to 1953 and then in Nederland from 1957 to 1959, Port Arthur from 1959 to 1964, Lake Jackson from 1964 to 1968, Baytown from 1968 to 1978, El Paso from 1978 to 1982 and then to Rusk in September of 1982. She retired in 1982 after 36 years as a school teacher. She received her B.S. Degree in Elementary Education from North Texas State College in 1942. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Rusk, the National Education Association from 1970 to 1982, Alpha Delta Kappa from 1940 to 1982, Texas State Teacher’s Association from 1947 to present, Rusk Garden Club and Rusk Thalian Club since the mid 1980’s and a charter member of the Rusk Good Samaritan organization. She is preceded in death by her husband George Nielsen; daughter, Tommie LeLugas; mother and father, Clarence and Eula Thompson; brother, Everett Thompson; sister, Inez Ragsdale. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Dianne N. and Larry R. Sinclair of Rusk; brother, Milton Thompson of Cleburne; a grandson and his wife, Russell B. and Hwee Ching Sinclair of Los Angeles, California; two granddaughters and sons-in-law, Meredith S. and her husband Misha Goz of St. Petersburg, Russia and Angel L. and her husband Vance St. Clair of Henderson; eight great-grandchildren, Alisa Goz, Pasha Goz, Kristina Goz, all of St Petersburg, Russia and Kaylii Fuller, Payton St. Clair, Gaige St. Clair, Ethan St. Clair, Ella St. Clair all of Henderson; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will include Edward Hassell, Will Cumbee, JoEd Anderson, Bill Traweek, Glenn Cotten, and Kenneth Pye. Honorary pallbearers will be active and retired deacons of First Baptist Church. Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007 at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, PO Box 258, Rusk, TX 75785. Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress on 10/10/2007.

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October 17, 2007

WEONA (TOMMIE) NIELSEN

Funeral for Weona (Tommie) Nielsen, 86, of Rusk was at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at the First Baptist Church in Rusk with the Rev. Lee Welch and the Rev. Jim Goforth officiating. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Nielsen died Oct. 7. She was born March 10, 1921, to Clarence Melton and Eula L. Walker Thompson. She lived in Munday from 1947-53, Nederland from 1957-59, Port Arthur from 1959-64, Lake Jackson, from 1964-68, Baytown, from 1968-78, El Paso from 1978-82, moving to Rusk in September 1982. She retired in 1982 after 36 years as a school teacher. She received her B.S. Degree in elementary education from North Texas State College in 1942. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Rusk, National Education Association from 1970-82, Alpha Delta Kappa from 1940-82, Texas State Teacher's Association from 1947 to the present, Rusk Garden Club and Rusk Thalian Club since the mid 1980s and a charter member of the Rusk Good Samaritan.

Preceding her in death were her husband George Nielsen; daughter, Tommie LeLugas; mother and father, Clarence and Eula Thompson; brother, Everett Thompson; and sister, Inez Ragsdale.

Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Dianne N. and Larry R. Sinclair of Rusk; a brother, Milton Thompson of Cleburne; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Russell B. and Hwee Ching Sinclair of Los Angeles, Calif.; two granddaughters and grandsons in-law, Meredith S. and Misha Goz of St. Petersburg, Russia and Angel L. and Vance St. Clair of Henderson; eight great-grandchildren, Alisa Goz, Pasha Goz and Kristina Goz, all of St Petersburg, Russia and Kaylii Fuller, Payton St. Clair, Gaige St. Clair, Ethan St. Clair and Ella St. Clair, all of Henderson; numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Edward Hassell, Will Cumbee, JoEd Anderson, Bill Traweek, Glenn Cotten and Kenneth Pye. Honorary pallbearers were active and retired deacons of First Baptist Church.

If desired, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, PO Box 258, Rusk 75785.

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