A service will be at 12 p.m. Friday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Mr. Nelson was a wheat farmer and cemetery supervisor.
Survivors include two daughters, Cheryl Green of Loma and Kathy Wagoner of Cheyenne, Wyoming; one sister, Georgia Martin of Longdale, Oklahoma; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest Hospice, 3090B North 12th Street, Grand Junction 81506, or to the Alzheimer’s Association.
