J. Eva Nelson, 95, died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Her funeral service will be 5 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2011 at the First Lutheran Church. Her graveside service will be held at the Daneville, Cemetery near Westby at 3:30 Mountain Time or 4:30 Central time on Saturday, October 1, 2011. Memorial contributions in Eva's honor may be made to the Grace Chapel at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana; Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby, Montana; The Danville Cemetery Fund, First Lutheran Church in Havre, Montana or the Lutheran World Relief. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Eva Jensen was born November 23, 1915 at her home near Hardy, Nebraska. She grew up in rural Nebraska, in a Danish Lutheran community, and was educated in a one room school. Both of her parents died when she was young, but she and her siblings stayed together and managed the family farm. As a young adult she worked at Emmanuel Hospital and at the telephone company in Omaha, Nebraska. She moved to Los Angeles, and met and married George H. Nelson in 1949. They made their home in northwestern North Dakota, near Westby, Montana where they farmed and raised their four children. Though Eva and George only had an 8th grade education, all of their children received college degrees. Eva was a busy farm wife, working long hours cooking, baking, gardening, sewing and caring for her children while George farmed and raised cattle. They were active members of Daneville Lutheran Church and later Immanuel Lutheran in Westby. Eva loved quilting for Lutheran World Relief and participating in ALCW/WELCA. After George died in 1987 of cancer, Eva moved to Williston, North Dakota where she lived until 2002. When her health began to decline, she moved to Havre, Montana to be near her daughter Elaine. She was a resident of the Northern Montana Care Center for over nine years, enjoying the staff and daily activities. Eva's Christian faith and her family brought her comfort and joy throughout her life. She will be missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband George, sister Esther Miller, brothers Albert and Alvin, and her parents Soren and Bertina Jensen, who emigrated from Denmark in the early 1900's. Eva is survived by her brother Harvey (Mary) Jensen of Omaha, Nebraska; children: Dennis (Shirley) Nelson of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; Carol (Keith Henry) Nelson of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Janice (Terry) Bechtold of Billings; Elaine (Brad) Ulgenes of Havre; and 12 grandchildren Katie, Kimmie, and matt Nelson; Dan, Nate and David Henry; Chris, Nick, and Ryan Bechtold and Joanna, Emily and Jacob Ulgenes.