Rev. Paul Clifford Nelson

1927 - 2022  (94 years)

• Name	Paul Clifford Nelson
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	15 Jun 1927	Pembroke, Pembroke Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239022627
  Military	WW2
  	RCAF air cadet and served in the Pacific on the HCMS Charlottetown.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-195043
  Died	17 Apr 2022	Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I195043	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Flora Aline Robertson,   b. 5 Sep 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 2010, Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F62350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PAUL NELSON OBITUARY June 15, 1927 - April 17, 2022 Paul Clifford Nelson was born to Clifford W Nelson, an Assemblies of God evangelist, and his wife Eleanor (nee Hicks) on June 15, 1927 in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. He joined the Lord on Easter Sunday April 17, 2022 in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Flora. Paul is also survived by his only sibling, Ruth, and his only child, David, and grandchildren Tyler, Kia, Tait, and Cade by his daughter-in-law Theresa. He grew up in Alberta, Canada, where he enjoyed an active outdoor life, hunting and fishing in the Rockies with his father. As children, he and his sister sang on a weekly Christian radio show during the depression. He played Junior Hockey in the Detroit Red Wings farm system and graduated from The University of Western Ontario, where he was the Canadian Intercollegiate wrestling Champion. During WWII, he was an RCAF air cadet and served in the Pacific on the HCMS Charlottetown. He attended Law school at Berkeley and the University of Miami and, after passing the New York Bar, worked for Standard Oil, followed by International Harvester (now Navistar), where he became a leading pioneer in Product Liability defense. He argued before the US Supreme Court and incorporated Bauer Skates in the United States. He was an amazing husband and father who built a rink in the backyard every winter for his son and schoolmates to play hockey, never missed a PTA meeting (where he took intimidatingly detailed notes on legal pads), travelled through the British Isles with his amateur British historian wife, mastering left lane driving, and left-handed stick shifting and later cared for his invalid wife for a decade in their home of 50 years in Mt Prospect, Illinois. He lived up to the name his parents gave him - he fought the good fight. The funeral service will be held graveside at Woodland Cemetery, 119 Arlington Blvd, Kitchener, ON N2A 2G8, on April 22, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Those unable to attend in person are welcome to join the service via live stream at www.henrywalser.com/live-streaming. Arrangements entrusted to the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St. Kitchener Ontario, (519) 749 8467. The family request no flowers, please. Visit www.henrywalser.com for Paul's memorial. Published by Waterloo Region Record on Apr. 20, 2022.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239022627.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jun 1927 - Pembroke, Pembroke Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario Died - 17 Apr 2022 - Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth