Marrriage:
Jackie Boyce - July 7, 1957 - Missoula, MT
Survived By:
His children, Joleen (Clifford) McCarley, Kelly (Mikal) Thompson, Don Nelson and Justin (Betsy) Nelson; grandchildren Clifford McCarley , Jacob (Tiffany), Luke (Stephanie) Thompson, Jonathan, Josiah, Jordan Nelson, and Julia and Isaiah Nelson; four great-grandchildren Korbyn, Hannah, Keigan and Selah
Death:
Johnny and his wife Jackie passed away together in a fire that destroyed their family home
Source: Missoulian
Sources
"Montana, Lake County Records, 1857-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9S-C1Q7 : 7 September 2018), John Richard Nelson, 10 Mar 1936; citing Birth, Polson, Lake, Montana, United States, , Lake Country District Court, Montana; FamilySearch digital folder 005464365.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQ3-G9W : 4 January 2021), John Richard Nelson, Polson Township, Lake, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-12A, sheet 5A, line 9, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2222.
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Polson, Lake, Montana; Roll: m-t0627-02222; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 24-12A.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records.
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 September 2021), memorial page for John Richard Nelson (10 Mar 1936–12 Jan 2011), Find A Grave: Memorial #118151798 citing Glacier Memorial Gardens, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA ; Maintained by #47220482 (contributor 47220482).
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR5-2XMR : accessed 8 February 2022), John R Nelson and Jacquelyn Or Jackie Nelson, Missoula, Montana, United States, 15 Jan 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Missoulian, born-digital text.
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