A graveside blessing and interment for Ann Nelsen will take place at Maple Hill Cemetery in Grand Marais on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 11 a.m. Reception to follow in the church hall at St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais, to end to later than 3:00 p.m.. Anna (Ann) Lorraine Nelsen, aged 86, died on April 18 in Hopkins, MN. The funeral took place at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis in April.

Ann Jedlicka was born in Duluth and grew up in Meadowlands, MN. She married Roger Arvid Nelsen in 1966 and had two sons, John Roger (1967) and Robert Arvid (1969). Ann received her RN license after studying at St. Scholastica, later moving to Minneapolis where she worked in psychiatric and oral surgery departments. Ann most loved working as a school nurse, serving the Cook County School District from 1980 to 1989, and later the Elk River and St Louis Park school districts. Several former students from Cook County sent remembrances of the compassionate care she gave. In Grand Marais, Ann was active with the Lioness Club and St. John’s Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, John Jedlicka and Theresa Furiel, her husband Roger. She is survived by sons John and Arvid Nelsen (Dale).