Earl Ivan NELSON

1912 - 2000  (87 years)

• Name	Earl Ivan NELSON
  Birth	23 Nov 1912	Centreville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Sep 2000	Riverside Cemetery, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, USA
  Death	19 Sep 2000	Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA
  Origins
  Person ID	I22149	Carleton

  
  

  Family	Joyce Esther PRIOR           b. 13 Jun 1924, Centreville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 31 Mar 2018, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, USA (Age 93 years)  Other Partners: Francis Harold PERKINS  m. 24 Aug 1941
  Marriage	8 Feb 1954	Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
  Family ID	F15643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Nov 1912 - Centreville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage - 8 Feb 1954 - Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - Sep 2000 - Riverside Cemetery, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, USA Death - 19 Sep 2000 - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		d_Nelson.Earl_Prior.Joyce_Marriage_1954
  		d_Nelson.Earl.Ivan_Birth_1912

  
  

  Headstones

  Nelson.Earl_Prior.Joyce.Esther Photo: "PJB" ©2025

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Earl Ivan Nelson 1912-2000 Earl I. Nelson, 87, died unexpectedly September 19, 2000 at a Bangor hospital. He was born November 23, 1912 at Charleston, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Charles and Emma (Dye) Nelson. During World War II, he was a guard at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. He also worked for a time in a shipyard, but retired from H. P. Hood Company in Newport after 27 years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and will be remembered for his love of the outdoors. He enjoyed tying flies and making canoes by hand. He owned one of the first snowmobiles in Newport and could build and fix almost anything. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Joyce E. (Prior) Nelson of Newport; a son and wife Harold E. and Deborah Nelson, also of Newport; and 2 step-grandsons, Wyatt and Gavin Trundy; 2 step daughters, Dorothy Luce of Augusta, and Patricia Fuller of Topsham; 2 grandsons, Malcolm Fuller and wife Yvette of Stratton and Wayne Fuller, Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska; a niece Shirley Parker and nephew Bill Wilson, both of North Bay, Ontario. At the family'srequest, there will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held 1 P.M. Friday, September 22nd, at Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 64 Main Street, Newport, with Pastor Al H. Worden officiating. Interment will be in the family lot, Riverside Cemetery, Newport, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his memory to the People's United Methodist Church Building Fund, c/o Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 64 Main Street, Newport, ME04953.