Norman Paul Nelson Born December 7, 1926, near Mason City, Nebraska, in Custer County. Died March 16, 2016, Lincoln, Nebraska, age 89, from congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Graduate of Mason City High School, 1944. World War Two veteran. Graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. Married to Donna Jean Lemon, March 16, 1958. Owner of a Carrier Air Conditioning and Heating dealership, M. G. Lehman Company. After downsizing that business, he continued working as a consulting engineer for Nelson Engineering until retiring at age 80. Married to Donna Jean Lemon, March 16, 1958. He was a longtime member of Gateway Sertoma Club of Lincoln. Survived by wife, Donna, sister, Lois Willoughby, son and daughter-in-law, Neal and Jodi Nelson, daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Rick Peters, grandchildren Shawn and Connor Jewell, Emma and Chloe Peters, Katie Klug and her husband Jordan, Nick Nelson and his wife Melissa, great grandson Jude Nelson, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents Marius and Lydia Nelson of Broken Bow.
