Birth Announcement
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Tues, 9 Mar 1926:
"A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson."
WWII Service
US Navy. Served aboard LCI 1065 -- kamikazed on 24 Oct 1944 at Leyte Gulf, PI.
Dad said he was starboard helping load guns when a jap plane shot apart the ship, the plane made two passes. The gunner he was helping was killed, a lot of men were not on deck and drowned when she went under. I am not sure if he served aboard her, or was being transported to another ship at the time of the attack.
Wounds: burns, 1st & 2nd degree, right arm & back.
Sports
In his twenties Dad played local baseball, his favorite position was shortstop. I remember my dad in a baseball uniform.
Story by Dian "Doni" (Nelson) Wright, daughter
Dad was born in Olpe, Kansas. For much of his youth he grew up there, but his dad moved them to Altoona, Canton, McPherson, and finally, Newton, KS. He had joined the Navy during WWII before completing HS. When his ship was kamkazied there were only 4 survivors. Dad was discharged. He came back to Newton and finished HS, and it was during this time he met my mom, Roberta Girndt. They were both seniors.
Dad was extremely popular in HS, a sailor who already had been in the war, not only because he was a sailor boy, but he was handsome. My mother was beautiful, also. Needless to say, they married the summer of graduation in Newton.
I don't know where they lived in the very beginning, but I do know they ventured to San Mateo, CA where Dad studied drafting. I think the lure of having been in the Navy and stationed from the west coast brought Dad to CA. Anyway, Terry was born in 1949 in San Mateo. Soon thereafter, the small family made its way back to Kansas and they settled in Wichita where Dad was a architectual draftsman.
Mother at this stage of her life was excellent. She took care of the house, her children, sewed - did all the domestic things well. When speaking with her about the long ago past, Mom says Dad was intolerant of her working outside of the home and she began to feel restricted.
A short time later, Dian was born (me). I am sure I brought great joy in their lives. My birth completed their family.
Dad spoke to me about a place we lived then - I don't remember any of it, but it was a basement apartment and the bathroom was right off the living room area and he said everything could be heard in there from the living room.
Dad retired as a state architect for Kansas in Topeka. He was well loved by all, and his funeral had a large attendance.
Addresses we lived in Wichita, KS; Lincoln Street and 626 Emerson/Quail Lane
OBITUARY
Topeka Kansan, Topeka KS -Mon, 19 Sep 1988
JACK ROBERTS NELSON
"Services will be at 1pm Wednesday at Brennan Funeral Home for Jack Roberts Nelson, 62, Topeka. He died Saturday, Sept. 17, 1988, at a Topeka hospital. (Actually, he died at home, and was pronounced at St. Francis Hosp.)
Mr. Nelson was an architect with the State of Kansas 23 years until ill health forced his retirement Aug. 23, 1988. He served in the Navy during World War II..
He was born March 9, 1926, at Olpe [KS], the son of Harry Charles and Isla Myree (Roberts) Nelson. He lived in Wichita before he moved to Topeka 35 years ago [between 1966-1969 lived in Salina KS].
Mr. Nelson attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the National Association of Architects and was a lifetime member of the Kansas Historical Society.
He was married [2nd] to Betty Kincaid Goodson Dec. 17, 1965, in Topeka. She survives. [My dad was first married in 1947 to Roberta Violet Girndt in Newton KS. They had two dau. Terry Lynn Nelson & Dian (Nelson) Wright, who survive.]
Other survivors include a [step] son, Steven Goodson, Topeka; four daughters, [step] Patty Goodson Niwa, Terry Nelson and [step] Carol Goodson, all of Topeka, and Dian (Nelson) Wright of Stafford, VA; a brother, Harold Nelson, Gadsden, AL; a sister, Jo Ann [Joan] Kliewer, San Carlos, CA; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside services in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Nelson will lie in state after 2pm. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8pm Tuesday."
*Everything in brackets was added for clarity of truthfulness.
Terry & Dian are Jack's daughters from his 1st marriage to Roberta Violet Girndt.
Patty, Steven & Carol are from Betty's 1st marriage to James Leroy Goodson. Steven & Carol were adopted in Betty's 1st marriage.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Tues, 9 Mar 1926:
"A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson."
WWII Service
US Navy. Served aboard LCI 1065 -- kamikazed on 24 Oct 1944 at Leyte Gulf, PI.
Dad said he was starboard helping load guns when a jap plane shot apart the ship, the plane made two passes. The gunner he was helping was killed, a lot of men were not on deck and drowned when she went under. I am not sure if he served aboard her, or was being transported to another ship at the time of the attack.
Wounds: burns, 1st & 2nd degree, right arm & back.
Sports
In his twenties Dad played local baseball, his favorite position was shortstop. I remember my dad in a baseball uniform.
Story by Dian "Doni" (Nelson) Wright, daughter
Dad was born in Olpe, Kansas. For much of his youth he grew up there, but his dad moved them to Altoona, Canton, McPherson, and finally, Newton, KS. He had joined the Navy during WWII before completing HS. When his ship was kamkazied there were only 4 survivors. Dad was discharged. He came back to Newton and finished HS, and it was during this time he met my mom, Roberta Girndt. They were both seniors.
Dad was extremely popular in HS, a sailor who already had been in the war, not only because he was a sailor boy, but he was handsome. My mother was beautiful, also. Needless to say, they married the summer of graduation in Newton.
I don't know where they lived in the very beginning, but I do know they ventured to San Mateo, CA where Dad studied drafting. I think the lure of having been in the Navy and stationed from the west coast brought Dad to CA. Anyway, Terry was born in 1949 in San Mateo. Soon thereafter, the small family made its way back to Kansas and they settled in Wichita where Dad was a architectual draftsman.
Mother at this stage of her life was excellent. She took care of the house, her children, sewed - did all the domestic things well. When speaking with her about the long ago past, Mom says Dad was intolerant of her working outside of the home and she began to feel restricted.
A short time later, Dian was born (me). I am sure I brought great joy in their lives. My birth completed their family.
Dad spoke to me about a place we lived then - I don't remember any of it, but it was a basement apartment and the bathroom was right off the living room area and he said everything could be heard in there from the living room.
Dad retired as a state architect for Kansas in Topeka. He was well loved by all, and his funeral had a large attendance.
Addresses we lived in Wichita, KS; Lincoln Street and 626 Emerson/Quail Lane
OBITUARY
Topeka Kansan, Topeka KS -Mon, 19 Sep 1988
JACK ROBERTS NELSON
"Services will be at 1pm Wednesday at Brennan Funeral Home for Jack Roberts Nelson, 62, Topeka. He died Saturday, Sept. 17, 1988, at a Topeka hospital. (Actually, he died at home, and was pronounced at St. Francis Hosp.)
Mr. Nelson was an architect with the State of Kansas 23 years until ill health forced his retirement Aug. 23, 1988. He served in the Navy during World War II..
He was born March 9, 1926, at Olpe [KS], the son of Harry Charles and Isla Myree (Roberts) Nelson. He lived in Wichita before he moved to Topeka 35 years ago [between 1966-1969 lived in Salina KS].
Mr. Nelson attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the National Association of Architects and was a lifetime member of the Kansas Historical Society.
He was married [2nd] to Betty Kincaid Goodson Dec. 17, 1965, in Topeka. She survives. [My dad was first married in 1947 to Roberta Violet Girndt in Newton KS. They had two dau. Terry Lynn Nelson & Dian (Nelson) Wright, who survive.]
Other survivors include a [step] son, Steven Goodson, Topeka; four daughters, [step] Patty Goodson Niwa, Terry Nelson and [step] Carol Goodson, all of Topeka, and Dian (Nelson) Wright of Stafford, VA; a brother, Harold Nelson, Gadsden, AL; a sister, Jo Ann [Joan] Kliewer, San Carlos, CA; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside services in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Nelson will lie in state after 2pm. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8pm Tuesday."
*Everything in brackets was added for clarity of truthfulness.
Terry & Dian are Jack's daughters from his 1st marriage to Roberta Violet Girndt.
Patty, Steven & Carol are from Betty's 1st marriage to James Leroy Goodson. Steven & Carol were adopted in Betty's 1st marriage.
Birth Announcement
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Tues, 9 Mar 1926:
"A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson."
WWII Service
US Navy. Served aboard LCI 1065 -- kamikazed on 24 Oct 1944 at Leyte Gulf, PI.
Dad said he was starboard helping load guns when a jap plane shot apart the ship, the plane made two passes. The gunner he was helping was killed, a lot of men were not on deck and drowned when she went under. I am not sure if he served aboard her, or was being transported to another ship at the time of the attack.
Wounds: burns, 1st & 2nd degree, right arm & back.
Sports
In his twenties Dad played local baseball, his favorite position was shortstop. I remember my dad in a baseball uniform.
Story by Dian "Doni" (Nelson) Wright, daughter
Dad was born in Olpe, Kansas. For much of his youth he grew up there, but his dad moved them to Altoona, Canton, McPherson, and finally, Newton, KS. He had joined the Navy during WWII before completing HS. When his ship was kamkazied there were only 4 survivors. Dad was discharged. He came back to Newton and finished HS, and it was during this time he met my mom, Roberta Girndt. They were both seniors.
Dad was extremely popular in HS, a sailor who already had been in the war, not only because he was a sailor boy, but he was handsome. My mother was beautiful, also. Needless to say, they married the summer of graduation in Newton.
I don't know where they lived in the very beginning, but I do know they ventured to San Mateo, CA where Dad studied drafting. I think the lure of having been in the Navy and stationed from the west coast brought Dad to CA. Anyway, Terry was born in 1949 in San Mateo. Soon thereafter, the small family made its way back to Kansas and they settled in Wichita where Dad was a architectual draftsman.
Mother at this stage of her life was excellent. She took care of the house, her children, sewed - did all the domestic things well. When speaking with her about the long ago past, Mom says Dad was intolerant of her working outside of the home and she began to feel restricted.
A short time later, Dian was born (me). I am sure I brought great joy in their lives. My birth completed their family.
Dad spoke to me about a place we lived then - I don't remember any of it, but it was a basement apartment and the bathroom was right off the living room area and he said everything could be heard in there from the living room.
Dad retired as a state architect for Kansas in Topeka. He was well loved by all, and his funeral had a large attendance.
Addresses we lived in Wichita, KS; Lincoln Street and 626 Emerson/Quail Lane
OBITUARY
Topeka Kansan, Topeka KS -Mon, 19 Sep 1988
JACK ROBERTS NELSON
"Services will be at 1pm Wednesday at Brennan Funeral Home for Jack Roberts Nelson, 62, Topeka. He died Saturday, Sept. 17, 1988, at a Topeka hospital. (Actually, he died at home, and was pronounced at St. Francis Hosp.)
Mr. Nelson was an architect with the State of Kansas 23 years until ill health forced his retirement Aug. 23, 1988. He served in the Navy during World War II..
He was born March 9, 1926, at Olpe [KS], the son of Harry Charles and Isla Myree (Roberts) Nelson. He lived in Wichita before he moved to Topeka 35 years ago [between 1966-1969 lived in Salina KS].
Mr. Nelson attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the National Association of Architects and was a lifetime member of the Kansas Historical Society.
He was married [2nd] to Betty Kincaid Goodson Dec. 17, 1965, in Topeka. She survives. [My dad was first married in 1947 to Roberta Violet Girndt in Newton KS. They had two dau. Terry Lynn Nelson & Dian (Nelson) Wright, who survive.]
Other survivors include a [step] son, Steven Goodson, Topeka; four daughters, [step] Patty Goodson Niwa, Terry Nelson and [step] Carol Goodson, all of Topeka, and Dian (Nelson) Wright of Stafford, VA; a brother, Harold Nelson, Gadsden, AL; a sister, Jo Ann [Joan] Kliewer, San Carlos, CA; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside services in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Nelson will lie in state after 2pm. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8pm Tuesday."
*Everything in brackets was added for clarity of truthfulness.
Terry & Dian are Jack's daughters from his 1st marriage to Roberta Violet Girndt.
Patty, Steven & Carol are from Betty's 1st marriage to James Leroy Goodson. Steven & Carol were adopted in Betty's 1st marriage.
Olpe Optimist, Olpe KS -Tues, 9 Mar 1926:
"A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson."
WWII Service
US Navy. Served aboard LCI 1065 -- kamikazed on 24 Oct 1944 at Leyte Gulf, PI.
Dad said he was starboard helping load guns when a jap plane shot apart the ship, the plane made two passes. The gunner he was helping was killed, a lot of men were not on deck and drowned when she went under. I am not sure if he served aboard her, or was being transported to another ship at the time of the attack.
Wounds: burns, 1st & 2nd degree, right arm & back.
Sports
In his twenties Dad played local baseball, his favorite position was shortstop. I remember my dad in a baseball uniform.
Story by Dian "Doni" (Nelson) Wright, daughter
Dad was born in Olpe, Kansas. For much of his youth he grew up there, but his dad moved them to Altoona, Canton, McPherson, and finally, Newton, KS. He had joined the Navy during WWII before completing HS. When his ship was kamkazied there were only 4 survivors. Dad was discharged. He came back to Newton and finished HS, and it was during this time he met my mom, Roberta Girndt. They were both seniors.
Dad was extremely popular in HS, a sailor who already had been in the war, not only because he was a sailor boy, but he was handsome. My mother was beautiful, also. Needless to say, they married the summer of graduation in Newton.
I don't know where they lived in the very beginning, but I do know they ventured to San Mateo, CA where Dad studied drafting. I think the lure of having been in the Navy and stationed from the west coast brought Dad to CA. Anyway, Terry was born in 1949 in San Mateo. Soon thereafter, the small family made its way back to Kansas and they settled in Wichita where Dad was a architectual draftsman.
Mother at this stage of her life was excellent. She took care of the house, her children, sewed - did all the domestic things well. When speaking with her about the long ago past, Mom says Dad was intolerant of her working outside of the home and she began to feel restricted.
A short time later, Dian was born (me). I am sure I brought great joy in their lives. My birth completed their family.
Dad spoke to me about a place we lived then - I don't remember any of it, but it was a basement apartment and the bathroom was right off the living room area and he said everything could be heard in there from the living room.
Dad retired as a state architect for Kansas in Topeka. He was well loved by all, and his funeral had a large attendance.
Addresses we lived in Wichita, KS; Lincoln Street and 626 Emerson/Quail Lane
OBITUARY
Topeka Kansan, Topeka KS -Mon, 19 Sep 1988
JACK ROBERTS NELSON
"Services will be at 1pm Wednesday at Brennan Funeral Home for Jack Roberts Nelson, 62, Topeka. He died Saturday, Sept. 17, 1988, at a Topeka hospital. (Actually, he died at home, and was pronounced at St. Francis Hosp.)
Mr. Nelson was an architect with the State of Kansas 23 years until ill health forced his retirement Aug. 23, 1988. He served in the Navy during World War II..
He was born March 9, 1926, at Olpe [KS], the son of Harry Charles and Isla Myree (Roberts) Nelson. He lived in Wichita before he moved to Topeka 35 years ago [between 1966-1969 lived in Salina KS].
Mr. Nelson attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the National Association of Architects and was a lifetime member of the Kansas Historical Society.
He was married [2nd] to Betty Kincaid Goodson Dec. 17, 1965, in Topeka. She survives. [My dad was first married in 1947 to Roberta Violet Girndt in Newton KS. They had two dau. Terry Lynn Nelson & Dian (Nelson) Wright, who survive.]
Other survivors include a [step] son, Steven Goodson, Topeka; four daughters, [step] Patty Goodson Niwa, Terry Nelson and [step] Carol Goodson, all of Topeka, and Dian (Nelson) Wright of Stafford, VA; a brother, Harold Nelson, Gadsden, AL; a sister, Jo Ann [Joan] Kliewer, San Carlos, CA; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside services in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Nelson will lie in state after 2pm. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8pm Tuesday."
*Everything in brackets was added for clarity of truthfulness.
Terry & Dian are Jack's daughters from his 1st marriage to Roberta Violet Girndt.
Patty, Steven & Carol are from Betty's 1st marriage to James Leroy Goodson. Steven & Carol were adopted in Betty's 1st marriage.
Inscription
Jack R. Nelson - SMN Gunnersmate - USN [SMN=Seaman]
