Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Murray R. III June 21, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net December 31, 2021, 10:54 am Lake Odessa Wave-Thursday June 27, 1968 Services for Drowning Victim Murray R.Nelson III, 14, of 436 Hillside Park, Jordan Lake, drowned Friday afternoon while swimming at the Jordan Lake bathing beach. He was born in Frankfort, Germany, April 4, 1954,,son of Murray and Katherine (Ewing) Nelson II, and had moved to Lake Odessa six days ago from Mt. Holly, N.J. Murray had attended the West Hampton public schools, was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and member of the church choir at Mt.Holly. The youth's father is a retired Army officer and is employed as field service man for the Inductothern Corp. of Rancoeas, N.J. Surviving besides the parent are two brothers, James Allen of Lansing and Michael John at home; two sisters, Mrs.David (Janet) Pekar of Washington D.C. and Rebeca Ann at home, and a grandmother, Mrs.George Nelson of East Jordan. Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 Thursday (today) at the Pickens Funeral Chapel, Rev. Don Gury of Hastings officiating with burial in lakeside Cemetery. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#E-594 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nelson41752nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb