Earline B. Nelson, 76, of Beulah, ND died December 17, 2014 at Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday December 20, 2014 at Washburn Baptist Church, Washburn, ND with the Pastor Rick Torkelson officiating. Interment will held in the Mayn Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, MT. in the spring. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday at Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday.

Earline was born September 26, 1938 in White Sulphur Springs, MT. the daughter of Leslie and Claire (Chambers) Sibley. She was raised and educated in White Sulphur Springs and Checkerboard, MT. Earline and her children lived in Montana, Oregon and Minnesota. They moved to Washburn in 1969. She married Kenneth Nelson on October 30, 1971 in Bismarck, ND. They lived in Washburn and Bismarck before moving to Beulah in 1987. Earline was a resident of Elmcrest Manor in New Salem for the past two months.

Earline enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and doing various arts and crafts. She was very fond of the many pets she cared for.

Earline is survived by her husband, Kenneth of Beulah, ND; a son Dan (Corrine) Farmer of Olympia, WA; daughters, Connie (Gordon) Goetz of Washburn and Cheryl (John) Kirk of Pierre, SD; 7 Grandchildren and 11 Great Grandchildren; a brother, Leslie H. Sibley Jr. of Helena, MT; a sister, Marion (Charles) Lucas of Ringling, MT. and many nieces and nephews.
Earline was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Teddy Mergenthaler.