Online Obituaries Saturday, August 9, 2003 2003 obituaries 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Gladys Nilson, 76, of New Ulm died Friday, August 8, 2003 at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, August 11, 2003 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm with burial in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 - 7 p.m. Sunday and will continue from 7:30 - 11 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home.    Gladys is survived by sons and daughter-in-laws Galen and Rhonna Nilson of Lake Crystal, Jerry and Sherraye Nilson and Dwight and Mary Beth Nilson all of New Ulm; grandchildren, Cory, Justin, Trevor, Samuel, Kimberly, Adam, Melissa, and Katie; a great grandson, Colby; sisters and brother-in-law, Myrtle Edwards, a resident of the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm, Sylvia Senn of St. Paul, Pearl and Clayton Radcliff of St. Paul, Frances Madsen, a resident of a nursing home in Stuartville; and by brothers and sisters-in-law, Arlo and Gwen Harbo of rural Hanska and Samuel and Gayle Harbo of Fairbanks, Alaska. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Vernon Nilson on January 8, 2003, a brother, Chesley Harbo and a sister, Adelle Knutson.    Gladys was born on November 12, 1926 in Linden Township, Brown County to Samuel and Ella (Halvorson) Harbo. She graduated from High School in Hanska and then attended one year of beauty school in Mankato. On March 23, 1947 she was united in marriage to Vernon Nilson at the Linden Lutheran Church, rural Hanska. After marriage they farmed in Milford Township, Brown County. In 1955 they purchased a second farm in West Newton Township, Nicollet County and lived there until 1965 when they sold that farm and moved back to the farm in Brown County. Later on in her life she worked in the cosmetic department at Thrifty White Drug Store and at Randall's both in New Ulm. She had been a resident of the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm since this past January. The family prefers memorials to the Scleroderma Research.    Evelyn Bertha (Iverson) Berg Dugas, 98, of Clements, died on Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at Valley View Manor in Lamberton.    Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield and will continue on Saturday from 9:30 -10:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Clements.    Services will be 10:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, with burial at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. There will be a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. Friday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield and a CCW and Catholic Aid rosary at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.    She is survived by her children, Frederick Berg of Sanborn, Richard Berg of Clements, Elaine Guetter of Wabasso, and Carolyn Baune of Fridley; step daughters, Virginia Nelson of Redwood Falls and Georgiana Berberich of New Ulm; 16 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 3 step great grandchildren; and 1 step great great grandchild; and a sister, Virginia Jeckell of Lamberton.    She was born Sept. 8, 1904, in Cottonwood County, to Paul and Caroline (Fering) Iverson.