Nellie Victoria Lohrding, aged 100 years, 3 months and 4 days, passed away the morning of March 4, 2019. She was born the fourth child of William and Pauline (Schlegel) Lehl at Ingersoll, Oklahoma, on December 1, 1918. Her middle name was given to her because of her mother’s love of Queen Victoria.

Nellie was baptized in the German Methodist Church at Ingersoll. As a child, her parents moved to Keystone, where she started kindergarten. At the age of 7, the family moved for the last time to the farm of their grandparents, who moved into Alva. Nellie finished her grade school education at ElmDal...