Richard C Nelson

Richard C. Nelson

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a. m. on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Calvary Community Church, 4400 North 1st, Lincoln with Pastor Cleve Smith officiating. A Visitation will be from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 21, at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford with the family greeting relatives and friends. They will also be available to greet at the church one hour prior to the service at the church. A lunch will be served following the service at church. Interment with military services conducted by the US Marine Corp and the Milford American Legion will be at 2:00 p.m. at Blue Mound Cemetery, Milford. Memorials are directed to the family.

Richard C. Nelson passed away July 17, 2017 at his home in Milford surrounded by his family at the age of 71 years, 26 days. He was born June 21, 1946 in Gothenburg, Nebraska to P. Marcella (Albright) and Evald A. Nelson, the 2nd of five children, and grew up on a farm north of town. He attended Tallin Table Country School near Arnold and graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1964. Richard was lovingly known by family and friends as "Rick". He started college at Kearney State, attending until he was drafted into the US Marine Corp in 1968 during Vietnam. Completing his service in 1970, Rick returned to the Kearney area and began his employment at West Company Factory in Kearney. Richard later completed his college education, obtaining a degree in Geography from Kearney State College. He was united in marriage to Linda Wuehler on April 4, 1971 in Amherst and to this union two daughters were born, Angela and Kimberly. They began their married life in Glenwood and Rick joined the Hogemeyer Seed Company as a district representative for their dealers. He worked for more than 25 years with the State of Nebraska Job Service Department. During his working career, Rick and his family moved across the State of Nebraska, living in several communities including, McCook, North Platte, Hershey, Lexington, Nebraska City, Waverly, Eagle, Lincoln and most recently Milford. Upon his retirement from the Job Service, Rick later accepted a position with the Federal Labor Department / Department of Veterans Affairs. He enjoyed assisting veterans returning from deployment with getting back into the job field and their family lives. Rick retired in 2007 due to health reasons. He enjoyed woodworking in his spare time and over the years loved to collect and restore classic vehicles. Rick loved classic country music and frequently was found playing his guitar. He loved all animals, especially his two dogs. As his family was growing up, Rick enjoyed getting them all in the car and going for a ride, and often that destination was unknown. He loved traveling and taking his family on vacations. Rick loved spending time with his grandchildren and children and especially enjoyed taking his grandchildren to the NASCAR races. Rick was baptized with his daughters on April 12, 1990. He was a member of the Calvary Community Church, Lincoln. Rick also belonged to the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations. Richard is survived by his wife, Linda, Milford, daughters and sons-in-law, Angie Nelson and Chad Berlowitz, Valparaiso, Kim and Zach Zegers, Milford, five grandchildren, Dylan Berlowitz, Ethan, Ashlynn, Quinn and Teagan Zegers, sisters and brothers-in-law, Sheryl Aksamit, Ralston, Debra and Don Held, Billings, MT, Kathy and Bill Unick, Scottsbluff, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jeanie and John Nickel, Elm Creek, Alvin Wuehler, Seattle, WA, Cindy and Tim Moninger, Shelton, Johnny Wuehler, Amherst, Jackie and Ron Trampe, Elm Creek, several nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister and brother-in-law, Marlene and Roger Nichols. With Family greeting relatives and friends with family greeting relatives and friends With Military Services conducted by the US Marine Corp SERVICES Visitation Friday, July 21, 2017
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Lauber Moore Funeral Home - Milford
101 C Street
Milford, Nebraska 68405 With Family greeting relatives and friends Visitation Saturday, July 22, 2017
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Calvary Community Church
4400 North 1st Street
Lincoln, NE with family greeting relatives and friends Funeral Service Saturday, July 22, 2017
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Calvary Community Church
4400 North 1st Street
Lincoln, NE Graveside Service Saturday, July 22, 2017
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Blue Mound Cemetery
South 238th Road
Milford, NE 68405 With Military Services conducted by the US Marine Corp