Gloria Indgrid Nelson

Gloria Indgrid Nelson, 78, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016, from congestive heart failure and double pneumonia.

Gloria was born to Berna and Earl Olson, in Gonvick, Minnesota on November 21, 1937, she had 4 sisters, and 2 brothers. She moved to Phoenix, Ariz. during her childhood. She was married to Harold Belk, Sr., widowed in ’56, married Joseph Moody, then John T. Nelson. She settled in San Diego, California where she raised 3 children, and most of their friends at various times. She worked as a cashier for 35 years. She moved to Clarendon in 2006.

She loved family, friends, and never met a stranger. She was extremely passionate in all aspects of life, Gloria had more than just a flair for life.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Laura (Jeannie) and John Molder of Clarendon, her granddaughter, Erin Belk, of San Diego, a grandson and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Donna Belk, of San Diego, granddaughter Amy Belk of Yuma, Ariz., sisters Yvonne Norks, of Alaska, Carmen Whitten, of Camp Verde, Ariz., Sandee and Husband Bob Buescher of Phoenix, Ariz., sister-in-law, Dee Olson, of Camp Verde, Ariz., 5 great grandchildren, serval cousins, nieces, nephews, step-children step-grandchildren, and many who consider her as “mom’, or “grandma”.

There will be a “Celebration of Life/Reception” for her Clarendon friends and family at the VFW Hall where she was a member of the Auxiliary Post 7782, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Another is scheduled on April 16, 2016, in Camp Verde, Ariz., for her family and friends out West.