Harley Nelson
Harley
L. Nelson, 64, of Grand Island died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at the Nebraska
Veterans Home in Grand Island.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the chapel at Apfel-Butler-Geddes
Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Island. The Rev. George Wheat will officiate.
Internment will be in the columbarium at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 7,
at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home.
Harley
was born Aug. 25, 1939, at Ellinwood, Kan., to Milford H. and Winifred V.
(Thiel) Nelson.
Survivors
of the immediate family include his wife, Peggy Nelson; a son and
daughter-in-law, Shannon and Carrie Leimser of Grand Island; three daughters
and two sons-in-law, Tami Nelson of Forest City, Iowa, Crystal and Daniel
Milburn of Columbus, and Tandra and Tim Vega of Burwell; two sisters and a
brother-in-law, Sandra Brown of Centerfield, Utah, and Katy and Loyd Miles of
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
To
send condolences to the family or read additional obituary information, please
visit our Web site at www.abgfh.com.
Other
survivors include seven grandchildren, Ryan Nelson, Kayla Kracht, Dustin
Leimser, Racquel Hamilton, Danielle Jo Milburn, Alexis Milburn, and Devon
Leimser.
The
family relocated to Idaho, where he attended grade school. They then moved to
Grand Island, where he attended Walnut Junior High School, and then to
Dannebrog, where he attended 10th, 11th and 12th grades and graduated in 1958.
Following
graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving from July 14,
1958, until July 3, 1964. After his discharge he returned to Illinois and
worked in the flooring business with his father.
He
then attended Southern Illinois University, receiving his Mechanical Drafting
Degree. In the mid-1970s he moved to Grand Island, where he worked construction
and was employed by Hoppe Lumber, now known as Mead Lumber Co. He retired in
1988.
He
was united in marriage to Peggy Ann Leimser on May 5, 1990, in Grand Island,
after which they made they home in Grand Island.
He
had a lifelong love for woodworking. He also enjoyed camping and fishing and
was an avid sportsman participating in baseball, softball, bowling and rugby.
He took great joy in attending his grandchildren's events.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Bruce and Jerry Nelson.
Memorials
may be made to the family.