John Nelson

John B. "Jack" Nelson, 95, of Beach Park, IL, died on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Jack was born October 9, 1914, in Cedar Rapids, IA, to John B. and Olive (nee Shepard) Nelson Sr. (both from large families) Jack however was an only child. He married Harriett P. Parkhurst (also an only child) on May 18th, 1942. That union produced no children. The couple was adopted by Bill and Doris Alexander and helped them raise their God-children Gail (Klevay) Kip, Kim, and Scott. Jack served with the United States Army in World War II and in his later years he spent 18 years as the president of the Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission. Jack and Harriett had many friends that they out lived. Friends that left behind are Martha Corcoran-Lanee and family, Hazel (Mike) Aguire, Betty Norman, Stacey Newton, Walt Klevay, Johnnie Allen; and wonderful neighbors, Fred and Cheryl, Becky and Everett, and Emille and Nancy. He was preceded in death his wife, Harriett on February 2, 2006. Services with cremation will be private and interment will be at Highland Memorial Park, Hunt Club and Belvidere Road, Libertyville. (If rain, services in mausoleum, parking in rear.) Memorial donations to American Heart Association have been suggested in his memory. A special thank you to Maryann, Sherry, and Peggy, from Martha for being there with me at the end.