OBIT: William R. NELSON, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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  NELSON
  
  William R. Nelson, 82, Sechler Road, Somerset, died Sept. 4, 1997 in Somerset
  Hospital. Born Oct. 31, 1914, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Carl W. and
  Freda (Schwable) Nelson. Preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Ross
  and Carl. Survived by his wife, Jane Riedel Nelson, and three sons: William
  L., married to Patricia, Bethlehem; Richard W., married to Jane, Northfield,
  Minn., and Mark A., married to Faith, Bedford; nine grandchildren; sister,
  Grayce Baker, Lexington, N.C.; brother, Rodney J., Florida. Member of the
  Trinity Lutheran Church, Somerset.  Served as captain in U.S. Army in World
  War II. Member of the Masonic Lodge 537, F. & A.M., Columbus, Ga. Retired
  from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. No visitation. 
  Memorial service Saturday at 11 a.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church Chapel, with
  Pastor Robert L. Hoover officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be
  given to Somerset Hospice, South Center Avenue, Somerset, or Trinity Lutheran
  Church. Arrangements in the charge of Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home.
  
  Daily American,  September 5, 1997