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Lester Leroy Nelson

26 Jul 1903 – 24 Oct 1987

Birth	26 Jul 1903
Death	24 Oct 1987
Cemetery	Laurel Cemetery Cave Junction , Josephine County , Oregon , USA
Added by	Julie Nelson Rican on 16 Sep 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53620313

Bio

1st Wife: Irma Irene; Children: Estel LeRoy 2nd Wife: Verdie Lois; Children: Ruth Alva, George Stacy, Margaret Joyce, Phyllis Loraine, Lois Jean; Frank Leslie; Ronald Lee, Mary LaVerne, Esther Elaine, Julie Ann. Lester L. Nelson Obit Lester L. Nelson 84, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 1987, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Laurel Cemetery, Cave Junction. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. today and Wednesday at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Flowers will be welcomed or donations may be made to the donor's favorite charity in care of Hull & Hull's. He was both July 26, 1903, in Hooper, Neb. He moved to Grants Pass in 1943, where he owned and operated a logging company and later went to work for the Josephine County Road Department. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Verdie Nelson of Grants Pass; four sons, George Nelson and Frank Nelson, both of Sun Ray, Texas, Ron Nelson of Grants Pass and LeRoy Nelson of Chowchilla, Calif.; six daughters, Ruth Davis, Mary Scott and Esther Stark, all of Grants Pass, Phyllis Hoehn of Kennewick, Wash., Margaret Shook of Federal Way, Wash., and Julie Milner of Klamath Falls; five brothers, Eddie Nelson of Iowa, Richard Nelson of Nebraska, Delbert Nelson of Arizona, Jack Nelson of Winston and Russel Nelson of Glide; four sisters, Margaret Ulrich of Iowa, Nora Nisson of Nebraska, Jennie DePeel of White City and Pearl Smith of Utah; 33 grandchildren, 30 great, grandchildren and seven great, great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde and Merlin Nelson.

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Family

Parents

• Stacy Leroy Nelson 1876–1961
• Margaret Ann Taylor Nelson 1881–1956

Spouse

• Irma Irene Orendorff Nelson 1905–1928 FaG
• Verdie Lois Nelson Nelson 1911–2004

Siblings

• Nellie Margaret Nelson 1902–1902
• Nora Isabelle Nelson Nissen 1905–1996
• Richard Charles Nelson 1907–1995
• Jennie Irene Nelson DePeel 1909–2003
• Delbert Taylor Nelson 1912–2013
• Margaret Alice Nelson Ulrich 1914–2006
• Clyde Kenneth Nelson 1915–1966
• Merlin Donald Nelson 1917–1986
• Edward Thomas Nelson 1918–1997
• Lawrence Stacy "Jack" Nelson 1919–1994
• Chester Carl Nelson 1920–1924
• Pearl Elsie Nelson 1922–?
• Russel Orley Nelson 1923–?

Children

• Estel LeRoy Nelson 1926–2012 FaG
• George Stacy Nelson 1936–2014 FaG
• Frank Leslie Nelson 1942–2022 FaG
• Lois Jean Nelson 1946–1946 FaG

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