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Hunter
Received some sad news today. I don't know how many people are aware so I thought I'd pass it on.
Long time fellow Ruger collector Bob Nelson has passed away. Bob was instrumental in establishing the Nashville Ruger Collector Show about 10-15 years ago. It was he who inspired me, when the Nashville show ceased to exist, to start the Harrisburg, PA show, which, in turn, inspired a lot of us to try and revive the RCA and subsequently start ROCS.
We all lost a Ruger collecting friend on Tuesday. Bob had a great collection of Ruger Bisleys as well as Ruger Old Model convertibles, which he loved to both display.
RIP, Bob.
Here is his obituary:
Robert M. Nelson
March 24, 1934 - June 23, 2015
Funeral services for Mr. Robert Myles Nelson, age 81, of
Morrison, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Friday,
June 26, 2015 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Bro.
Marvin Davenport officiating.
Visitation will be held from 12 Noon until time of service
on Friday.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Londonderry, NH
on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, with visitation at Peabody Funeral
Home from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Mr. Nelson passed away on Tuesday, June 23 at St. Thomas Midtown
in Nashville, TN.
Mr. Nelson was born in Nashua, NH, the son of the late Myles
Renwick and Louise Holton Nelson.
He began his career with Rockwell in CA and then later worked
for General Dynamics at Vandenberg AFB, and later for Boeing
as a launch engineer at Cape Canaveral, FL.
He concluded his career at AEDC (Arnold AFB) in Tullahoma,
TN.
He was raised in the Londonderry Presbyterian Church, where
he and his wife were married.
In addition to his parents, Robert was also preceded in death by
one son, Richard Nelson; one brother, Louis Yeaton Nelson; two
sisters, Debbie Dionne and Phyllis Bourgault;
and one grandson, David Leon Lowe.
He is survived by his loving wife, Janet C. Nelson, of Morrison,
TN; two daughters, C. Ivy Nelson-Groves and her husband, Rick
Groves of Renton, WA and Catherine (Dennis) Lowe of Morrison;
four sisters, Phila Howard Brill of Plymouth, NH, Betty (Frances)
Griffin of Westborough, Mass, Evelyn (Jim) Walker and Jean
(Russ) Hanson, both of Nashua, NH; One Brother in Law, Ray
Dionne, two grandchildren, Victoria (Matt) Armstrong and
Elizabeth (David) Garrett; and four great grandchildren,
Kaylee Conklin and Joshua, Jacob, and Matthew Garrett.
Long time fellow Ruger collector Bob Nelson has passed away. Bob was instrumental in establishing the Nashville Ruger Collector Show about 10-15 years ago. It was he who inspired me, when the Nashville show ceased to exist, to start the Harrisburg, PA show, which, in turn, inspired a lot of us to try and revive the RCA and subsequently start ROCS.
We all lost a Ruger collecting friend on Tuesday. Bob had a great collection of Ruger Bisleys as well as Ruger Old Model convertibles, which he loved to both display.
RIP, Bob.
Here is his obituary:
Robert M. Nelson
March 24, 1934 - June 23, 2015
Funeral services for Mr. Robert Myles Nelson, age 81, of
Morrison, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Friday,
June 26, 2015 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Bro.
Marvin Davenport officiating.
Visitation will be held from 12 Noon until time of service
on Friday.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Londonderry, NH
on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, with visitation at Peabody Funeral
Home from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Mr. Nelson passed away on Tuesday, June 23 at St. Thomas Midtown
in Nashville, TN.
Mr. Nelson was born in Nashua, NH, the son of the late Myles
Renwick and Louise Holton Nelson.
He began his career with Rockwell in CA and then later worked
for General Dynamics at Vandenberg AFB, and later for Boeing
as a launch engineer at Cape Canaveral, FL.
He concluded his career at AEDC (Arnold AFB) in Tullahoma,
TN.
He was raised in the Londonderry Presbyterian Church, where
he and his wife were married.
In addition to his parents, Robert was also preceded in death by
one son, Richard Nelson; one brother, Louis Yeaton Nelson; two
sisters, Debbie Dionne and Phyllis Bourgault;
and one grandson, David Leon Lowe.
He is survived by his loving wife, Janet C. Nelson, of Morrison,
TN; two daughters, C. Ivy Nelson-Groves and her husband, Rick
Groves of Renton, WA and Catherine (Dennis) Lowe of Morrison;
four sisters, Phila Howard Brill of Plymouth, NH, Betty (Frances)
Griffin of Westborough, Mass, Evelyn (Jim) Walker and Jean
(Russ) Hanson, both of Nashua, NH; One Brother in Law, Ray
Dionne, two grandchildren, Victoria (Matt) Armstrong and
Elizabeth (David) Garrett; and four great grandchildren,
Kaylee Conklin and Joshua, Jacob, and Matthew Garrett.
