Harold Dean Nelson, 82, of West Lafayette, died at 3:41 PM Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, in Lafayette Home Hospital, following illness since Thanksgiving. Born Jan. 11, 1919, in Lafayette, he was a 1937 graduate of Jefferson High School, and had lived here most of his life, except for a short time in New Jersey. He married Hannah M. Wolff, at Harrison, NJ, on April 27, 1946; she died June 9, 1995.
Mr. Nelson had worked as a machinist at Lafayette Instrument, Ross Gear and Metal Masters, retiring in 1992. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Lafayette, American Legion 492, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 496. He was a World War II veteran, having served in England and Iceland in the Army medical unit.
Surviving are two sons, Richard Nelson of Indianapolis and David Nelson of Brookston; two brothers, John W. Nelson of Myrtle Beach, SC, and James Nelson of Raleigh, NC; a niece, Iris Smith of Bloomington, MN; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 12/19/2001, page 20
Mr. Nelson had worked as a machinist at Lafayette Instrument, Ross Gear and Metal Masters, retiring in 1992. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Lafayette, American Legion 492, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 496. He was a World War II veteran, having served in England and Iceland in the Army medical unit.
Surviving are two sons, Richard Nelson of Indianapolis and David Nelson of Brookston; two brothers, John W. Nelson of Myrtle Beach, SC, and James Nelson of Raleigh, NC; a niece, Iris Smith of Bloomington, MN; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 12/19/2001, page 20
Harold Dean Nelson, 82, of West Lafayette, died at 3:41 PM Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, in Lafayette Home Hospital, following illness since Thanksgiving. Born Jan. 11, 1919, in Lafayette, he was a 1937 graduate of Jefferson High School, and had lived here most of his life, except for a short time in New Jersey. He married Hannah M. Wolff, at Harrison, NJ, on April 27, 1946; she died June 9, 1995.
Mr. Nelson had worked as a machinist at Lafayette Instrument, Ross Gear and Metal Masters, retiring in 1992. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Lafayette, American Legion 492, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 496. He was a World War II veteran, having served in England and Iceland in the Army medical unit.
Surviving are two sons, Richard Nelson of Indianapolis and David Nelson of Brookston; two brothers, John W. Nelson of Myrtle Beach, SC, and James Nelson of Raleigh, NC; a niece, Iris Smith of Bloomington, MN; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 12/19/2001, page 20
Mr. Nelson had worked as a machinist at Lafayette Instrument, Ross Gear and Metal Masters, retiring in 1992. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Lafayette, American Legion 492, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 496. He was a World War II veteran, having served in England and Iceland in the Army medical unit.
Surviving are two sons, Richard Nelson of Indianapolis and David Nelson of Brookston; two brothers, John W. Nelson of Myrtle Beach, SC, and James Nelson of Raleigh, NC; a niece, Iris Smith of Bloomington, MN; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 12/19/2001, page 20
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