Obituary Posted: 10/20/04
John A. Nelson, age 94 of Sunrise, Minn. died Oct. 16, 2004.
John was preceded in death by parents: Swan and Hannah, siblings: Paul, Eldon, Helen, Ethel, Carl, Harry, Lucille and Theodore. He is survived by nephews: Ted Nelson, Jr., Jeff (Caridad) Nelson, nieces: Cheryl (Art) Hart, Pam (Ken) Peterson. John was born and raised in Canby, Minn.
He is a veteran of WWII where he served in the Army Signal Core in China and India. When he returned home from WWII in 1945, he settled in Sunrise, Minn. where he farmed with his parents and siblings.
In addition to farming he worked at FMC - Northern Ordinance in Fridley from 1955 to 1975. He was a lifelong member of the Sunrise Bible Church.
The last couple years of his life, he lived at the St. Croix Valley Good Samaritan Center where he received excellent, loving care. He will be remembered as a kind, gentle man with a great sense of humor.
Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at Sunrise Bible Church in Sunrise, Minn. Visitation will be one our before service at church. Interment at Sunrise Cemetery. Memorials preferred to St. Croix Valley Good Samaritan Center, 750 E. Louisiana St., St. Croix Falls, Wisc. 54024.
Arrangements by Grandstrand Funeral Homes.
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