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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits From the Knoxville News Sentinel 5 Mar 2004
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:32:01 EST
>From the Knoxville News Sentinel 5 Mar 2004
NELSON, DEAN - age 65, of Clinton, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at
his residence. Dean was born in 1938 in Long Beach, California. He graduated
from High School in 1965 from Chula Vista High School in California. He joined
the Air Force in 1958. He served in South East Asia in 1967/1968 during the
Vietnam Conflict. He and his bride, of 43 1/2 years, Lorraine Nelson were
stationed in Texas, Wyoming, California, New Mexico, Florida, Maryland, Germany,
Illinois & finally the Pentagon in Washington D.C. where Dean was the Department of
Defense Liaison Officer to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They
retired from the Air Force in 1985, after giving 27 years to the Air Force. After
a short stay in Western New York at a place called Model City, which is North
of Niagara Falls, they moved to Oak Ridge in 1987. Dean was the Chief
Engineer for PEER Consultants in Oak Ridge until now. He was the best and most loving
husband & father a family could ever want. Survivors: wife, Lorraine Nelson
of Clinton; sons, David & wife Reva of Albuquerque, NM, Mike & wife Bonnie of
Oliver Springs; brother, Rodney Nelson of California; faithful companion, Lady.
The family will receive friends 2:00-3:00 pm, Saturday, March 6, 2004 at
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home with a memorial service following in the Chapel with
Robert Nine officiating. The burial will be held at Fort Rosecrans National
Cemetery in La Jolla, California at a later date. The family has requested
donations be made on his behalf to the University of Wyoming, Air Force Memorial Fund
or the University of Cal at Berkley. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton in
charge of all arrangements.
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