- Karen E. Nissen
EXETER - Karen Egidia Nissen, 99, died 16 days short of her 100th birthday, on Sunday, July 7, 2002, at the Eventide Home, where she had been a resident since 1997.
Born July 23, 1902, in Horsens, Denmark, she was the daughter of Adolf and Karen Moeller, one of seven children, most of whom lived well into their nineties, one sister reaching 101. A graduate of the Technical Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, she had a 10-year career in the Danish Postal Service before joining her fiancé in the United States to be married. She worked for the Hahne & Co. department store in Newark, N.J., for many years, retiring in 1968. She and her husband of 44 years, Carl E. Nissen, lived in Metuchen, N.J. He predeceased her in 1973.
She is remembered for her gracious dignity, sense of humor, love of travel and her devotion to her family. She was a member of the United Church of Christ of North Hampton and a member of the North Hampton Ladies Union. For 20 years, until the age of 93, she delivered Meals-on-Wheels in Metuchen, N.J.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Karin and Hal Moulton of North Hampton and their son, Russell Moulton, of San Jose, Calif.; daughter Laura Marshall of Stow, Mass.; son and daughter-in-law Eric and Boutsaba Nissen, until recently longtime residents of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, with their three daughters, Catherine, Paula and Nuala; and many nieces and nephews, both in this country and in Denmark.
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