19 September 1944 – 10 November 2022
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Ramona Nelson Funeral
Dec 3, 2022 10:30am CST
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Ramona Alvina “Mona” Lewis Nelson, 78, of Chicago’s Dunning neighborhood; retired bookkeeper; died Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Glenview Terrace Nursing Center.
Born September 19, 1944 at Chicago's Loretto Hospital to Warren Alby Lewis and Anna Marie Lerum Lewis. Her maternal grandparents were Peder Severin "Peter" Lerum, born 1876 Norway, died 1954 Wisconsin, and his wife Gjertina Vangen; her paternal grandparents were Wilbur Charles Lewis and Alwina Wilhelmina Frederike Tesmer of Wisconsin.
A 1962 graduate of Chicago’s Lake View High School, Mona studied psychology at Wright Junior College. She retired in 2011 after 49 years as bookkeeper for the Potash Brothers’ well-known grocery store chain on Chicago’s Near North Side. Mona delightedly worked for generations of Potashes from the founding brothers (Melvin, David, and Herbert “Herbie”), including the current owner, Art Potash.
On May 11, 1963, Ramona married David Logan Walton in The English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, West Cornelia, Chicago. On July 4, 1975, Mona was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In September of 1976, she married Mark Bennett Nelson at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Elston Avenue, Chicago.
Preceded in death by parents Warren and Anna Marie Lewis and siblings Laurence Warren Lewis, Leroy Lerum Lewis, Evelyn Mae Lewis, and Anna Marie Lewis Waage.
Beloved wife of Mark “Markki” Nelson, devoted mother of Ramona Ann “Romie” Bullock of Chicago and Allison Joy Gerety-Mayer of Claremont, California. Adored mother-in-law of Franklin “TJ” Bullock.
Proud and loving grandmother (“Gramma”) of Judah Benjamin Bullock, Nolan Connor Gerety, and Aidan Liam Gerety. Dear sister of Carl Wilbur Lewis of Clearwater, FL, Alby Lee Lewis of Bloomingdale, IL, and Norman Peter Lewis of Peoria, AZ.
Visitation Saturday, December 3, 9:30am (funeral begins 10:30am), at Drake & Son Funeral Home, 5303 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.DrakeandSonFuneralHome.com for the Nelson family.
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