Nelson, Dale Manvel (1933 - 2020)

NELSON, CORSBIE, JALSTEAD, HINNERS, FAJEN, MARCUSEN, SORENSEN, HOLLINGSWORTH

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 12/9/2020 at 13:54:16

Name of deceased: Dale Manvel Nelson

Aged: 87 yrs, 3 mo, 2 days

Residence: Brayton, Audubon County, IA

Born: July 31, 1933; San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA

Died: Nov. 2, 2020; Heritage House, Atlantic, IA

Funeral services: Private family graveside service: Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery, Elk Horn, IA.

Survived by: Children, Jill (spouse, Wes) Corsbie of Des Moines, IA, Jana Halstead of Greenville, MI, Jean (spouse, Kevin) Hinners of rural Elk Horn, IA, and Jay (spouse, Shelli) of rural Atlantic (Brayton area), IA; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; siblings, Martin (spouse, Shirley) Nelson of Elk Horn, IA, Lyle (spouse, Dorothy) Nelson of Elk Horn, IA, and Gary (spouse, Sherry) Nelson of San Marco, TX, and Janis (spouse, Larry) Fajen of Elk Horn, IA; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Manvel and Lydia (nee Marcusen) Nelson; wife, Linda (deceased Jan. 1991); father- and mother-in-law, John F. and Veneta Sorensen; great-grandson, Harley Hollingsworth

Education: Attended grade school in Audubon, IA at Country School Jackson #6, and then graduated with the Audubon High School, Class of 1951

Religious affiliation: Member, Elk Horn Lutheran Church, Elk Horn, IA, where he served on the board and had been president of the church council

Military service: U. S. Marines, 1953; received his draft notice and joined the U. S. Army in Jan. 1954. Attended basic training at Fort Riley, KS, and Fort Bliss, TX, before being assigned to Government Island in San Francisco Bay, CA. He was then assigned to the US Weather Bureau at the Oakland, CA, airport where he remained until his discharge in Jan. 1956. Dale was honored to take the Honor Flight to Washington DC, which he was able to take with his brother, son, and a nephew in 2013.

Marriage: Linda A. Sorensen; Nov. 27, 1954; location not provided

Employment: After high school, he was a truck driver for Petersen Brothers until he joined the Marine Corp; after his military time, he returned to Shelby County and farmed.

Hobbies/Interests: Served as a board member and treasurer, Audubon County Farm Bureau; member, Audubon County FHA; member, Audubon County Pork Producers; board member and president, Audubon County Co-op; after the Audubon County Co-op merged with West Central, he served 7 years on the West Central Board; member, Brayton American Legion Post #350; spent several winters in Arizona; loved to play golf and play cards.

Sources: hockenberryfamilycare.com