Where is Nellie Gaston? I walk by this marker regularly in Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, IA, and always wonder what happened to Nellie. When husband Charles died in 1935 her plans were clearly to be buried next to him. But by all appearances, it didn't happen. Was she "lost at sea?" Did she find another love late in life, and does she now lie next to him in a nearby plot? Or in another city? Charles died at the age of 62, and it's quite possible that if they married young, they could have had thirty or forty years of wedded life together. It is also quite possible that she had another romance late in life, and chose to spend eternity with her new love. What would Charles think? I believe that most of us want our spouses to be happy after we are gone, should we go first, and that if a relationship follows and they are happy, all the better. So, I'm hoping that Nellie found love once more, and lived out the rest of her life in wedded bliss, and now lies next to her second husband. I also hope that that Charles would be happy for Nellie, and only a little jealous, even if he must lie alone for eternity. Darn it!
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