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- The Deseret News
August 1, 2010
"Pete" Nelson passed away on July 28, 2010.
He was born March 1, 1926 in Palmyra, Utah. He served his country in World War II as an infantry Master Sergeant with the Army Signal Corp in the South Pacific.
Upon returning home, he married Hazel Marie Gasser of Payson, Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple on January 8, 1947. Hazel Marie died November 30, 1958. In 1961, he married Colleen Adams of Logandale, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George Temple.
Pete worked as a Train Dispatcher for the Union Pacific Railroad until his retirement. He was a champion Dutch Oven chef and loved doing beautiful leather work. He could build and fix anything.
As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he cherished his twenty years of service at the Salt Lake Temple Recommend Desk. He also worked many years with the Boy Scouts of America.
He is survived by his wife, Colleen, daughter Marie Elaine Beard (Glen), son Kevin Lewis Nelson (Torrie), nine grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Lewis Ekelund Nelson and Nellie Hannah Jensen Nelson, three sisters, Loa Jones, Myrle Stone, and Norma Barney, and a grandson Michael Andrew Beard.
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1926 - 2010 (84 years)
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