Roger Earl Nelson 1930-2000

NELSON DENDINGER BOYLE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/20/2012 at 20:32:26

Danbury Review
26 July 2000

Funeral services were held for Roger Nelson, who passed away on July 19, 2000, in Sioux City at the age of 69 years, 10 months and 6 days.

A vigil wake service was held on Friday, July 21, 2000, with the Rev. Edmund Tiedeman officiating. The Rosary by the Knights of Columbus followed. A funeral Mass was held on Saturday, July 22, 2000 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Anthon, with Rev. Mark Harrington and Msgr. R. Mark Duchaine officiating. Kathy Bahrke, organist, and St. Joseph Choir provided the music.

Pallbearers were T.P. Fundermann, Pat Maguire, Ed Heinse, and Dick, Raul and Vince Boyle. Interment was in Mt. St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Anthon.

Roger Earl Nelson was born September 13, 1930, at Hartington, Nebraska, the son of Charles Frederick and Crescentia Mary (Dendinger) Nelson. He attended country school, then Hartington Catholic School until 1943, when the family moved to Danbury, Iowa. There, he attended and graduated from St. Patrick's Academy with the class of 1948.

On August 29,1950, Roger was united in marriage to Marjorie Maureen Boyle at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury. To this union ten children were born. The couple lived on a nearby farm until 1951, when they moved to rural Moville, Iowa, where Roger worked for Noonan Cattle Company until 1954. They then started farming for themselves and settled on a farm three miles north of Anthon where they raised their family and continued to live until the current time.

Roger was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Anthon where he served as a lay minister. He was an active member of the Knights of Columbus in the Fourth Degree Garrlgan Assembly. Along with farming Roger was a seed dealer for various companies for over 40 years. He loved to travel, having just recently returned from a trip to Ireland with his wife. Roger's greatest joy, however, was found in his family and the times when they all could return home and spend time together. He will be greatly missed by many.

Those survivors left to cherish Roger's memory include Marjorie, his wife of very close to 50 years; his children, Tim Nelson and his wife, Pam, of Merldan Iowa, Nancy Bailey and her husband, Rev. Dennis of Independence, Iowa, Tom Nelson and his wife, Carla of New Castle, Nebraska, Lori Lienemann and her husband, Lowell of Houston, Texas, Sara Nelson of Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Kirk Nelson and his wife, Diane of Shawnee, Kansas, Christopher Nelson and his wife, Eileen of East Hampton, Connecticut, and Kate Gonzales and her husband, James of Lenexa, Kansas; one daughter-in-law, Tammy Reimer of Danbury, Iowa; 20 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; one sister, Ann Marie Hamman of Mapleton, Iowa; and one brother, Howard Nelson and his wife Joyce of Spokane, Washington; along with numerous other relatives, neighbors and good friends.

Roger was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Susan in 1971 and one son, Eric in 1998.