Larry R. NELSON

NELSON, SMITH, SIMPSON, DORRANCE, ROSENDAHL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/15/2007 at 12:36:16

02/13/2007

Larry R. Nelson, 70, died February 6, 2007 following a 14-month battle with cancer. Services were held February 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond. Larry was born November 10, 1936 in Belmond, the son of Clair and Louise Smith Nelson. He graduated from the Belmond High School in 1954. In January 1955 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was a member of the 82nd Airborne Rangers Division. Following four years in the service, including duty in Panama, Larry joined his father as a partner in the family business, C.R. Nelson Construction, building roads and doing excavation projects throughout Iowa. In December 1966 Larry married Donna Simpson, daughter of Florence and George Simpson. In 1980 Larry and his younger brother Danny moved their company, then called Northwest Contracting, to Lawton, OK where they continued to build roads and do other construction projects. Upon Danny's death in 1994, Larry sold the business, retiring from active management. Because of his love for the industry, Larry continued to assist his friends who were in the same business.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother. Survivors include son Erik Nelson of Atlanta, GA; daughter Kristin Nelson-Dorrance of Denver, CO; grandchildren Haley and Tyler Dorrance; and nieces Ann Nelson of Belmond and Amber Rosendahl of Fort Dodge.

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