Wayne Elmer Nelson
1919 - 1978 (59 years)-
Name Wayne Elmer Nelson Born 21 May 1919 Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation associate national director of personnel for the Boy Scouts of America [3] Died 1 Jun 1978 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota [1, 2, 3] Buried Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri [2, 3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141861880/wayne-elmer-nelson
Block 19, Lot 462, Spaces 3 & 5.
Person ID I1253 McKeown Last Modified 3 Aug 2023
Father Hugh Gardner Nelson, b. 31 Mar 1882, Iowa , d. 26 Jun 1924, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Nebraska (Age 42 years) Mother Ida Isabelle Dugan, b. 21 Aug 1880, College Springs, Page County, Iowa , d. 26 Jan 1949, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska (Age 68 years) Married 16 Dec 1903 Page County, Iowa [3] Family ID F489 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Marie Sklenar, b. 22 Jan 1920, Valparaiso, Saunders County, Indiana , d. 14 Aug 2009, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 89 years) Last Modified 18 Nov 2021 Family ID F521 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 21 May 1919 - Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska 
Died - 1 Jun 1978 - Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 
Buried - - Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Wayne E. Nelson
Wayne E. Nelson, 59, of 9019 Greenway Lane, Lenexa, died Thursday at a hospital while on a business trip in Minneapolis. He was born in Liberty, Neb., and had lived in this area 15 years before moving to New Jersey in 1971. He returned to this area in February. He was the associate national director of personnel for the Boy Scouts of America, for whom he had worked 32 years. He was a member of the Bridgewater, N.J. United Methodist Church. He was a Mason. Mr. Nelson was an Army veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth M. Nelson of the home; a son, Dr. Kenneth W. Nelson, Prairie Village; a daughter, Mrs. Janice Rae Arthur, Scottsdale, Ariz.; two brothers, William Nelson and Arlo Nelson of Marysville, Kan.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Hasenyager, Kansas City; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Mount Moriah Chapel; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the American Hearth Association.
The Kansas City Time, Kansas City, Missouri. Friday, 2 June 1978.
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