1920
Lauris
2015
Lauris Nelson
January 30, 1920 — December 4, 2015
Funeral services for Lauris "Lolly" C. Nelson of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, December 7, 2015 at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Pastor John Holt will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the Albert Lea Area Veteran's Organization. Lolly died Friday morning, December 4, 2015 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Center. He was 95 years of age. Lolly was born January 30, 1920 in Freeborn County, Minnesota the son of Oliver and Mabel (Sorenson) Nelson. He graduated from Albert Lea High School and the Albert Lea Junior College. Lolly served his country in the United States Marine Corps and the Merchant Marines. On July 7, 1946 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Loeffler at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea.
They moved to Manchester, MN, where he operated the Nelson Locker Plant, was the Manchester Postmaster and also owned the grocery store. In 1955 he began working for Brown and Bigelow Company and in 1961 started 4 Seasons Advertising Company in Albert Lea. He opened 4 Seasons Travel and 4 Seasons Coffee in 1967. Lolly was an active member of the First Lutheran Church serving on the Church Council and was an usher. He was a member of the Elks Club and the Masons. He loved to spend time with his family, friends and especially the grandkids. Lolly enjoyed travel, gardening, winters in Arizona and Nisswa Beach Resort with friends and family. He was a founding member of the Fountain Investment Club, Board member of the Albert Lea Family YMCA and the Naeve Hospital Foundation. Lolly is survived by his son and daughter in law David and Michele Nelson of Albert Lea, MN, granddaughters Katie (Eduardo) Antpack of Rochester, MN, Alyssa Nelson of Roseville, MN, and Kristen Nelson of Rochester, MN. There are two great-grandsons; Calvin and Andrew Antpack, nephew Gordon (Lou Jean) Nelson, and niece Marilyn. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Dorothy in 2012 and brother Vern Nelson.
They moved to Manchester, MN, where he operated the Nelson Locker Plant, was the Manchester Postmaster and also owned the grocery store. In 1955 he began working for Brown and Bigelow Company and in 1961 started 4 Seasons Advertising Company in Albert Lea. He opened 4 Seasons Travel and 4 Seasons Coffee in 1967. Lolly was an active member of the First Lutheran Church serving on the Church Council and was an usher. He was a member of the Elks Club and the Masons. He loved to spend time with his family, friends and especially the grandkids. Lolly enjoyed travel, gardening, winters in Arizona and Nisswa Beach Resort with friends and family. He was a founding member of the Fountain Investment Club, Board member of the Albert Lea Family YMCA and the Naeve Hospital Foundation. Lolly is survived by his son and daughter in law David and Michele Nelson of Albert Lea, MN, granddaughters Katie (Eduardo) Antpack of Rochester, MN, Alyssa Nelson of Roseville, MN, and Kristen Nelson of Rochester, MN. There are two great-grandsons; Calvin and Andrew Antpack, nephew Gordon (Lou Jean) Nelson, and niece Marilyn. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Dorothy in 2012 and brother Vern Nelson.
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