Arthur N. Nelson

Arthur N. Nelson, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, May 6, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Arthur was born on December 10, 1923, in Ayre, ND, to Oscar and Ida Hovland Nelson. He graduated from High School in Borup, MN, in 1943. He worked as a farm hand before entering the service in 1945. Art served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. He was discharged in November of 1946 and returned to Moorhead, MN. He worked for a short time at Reinhardt’s in Fargo, ND, and then went to work for Arvid Benson in Moorhead, MN. Art married Helen Ronsberg on June 18, 1949, in Gran Lutheran Church in Skree Township, Clay County, MN. They made their home in Moorhead. Art retired in 1995, after 46 years with Arvid Benson’s. In retirement he worked Saturday’s at the Midwest Auto Auction. He was a long time member and volunteer at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion. He loved his grandchildren and spent many hours watching their sporting events and traveling with them. Art was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, where he served as an usher for many years.Art is survived by his wife, Helen; one son, David Mary Nelson, Breckenridge, MN; three daughters, Sharon Chuck Schulte, Caledonia, MN, Julie Scott Johnson, Woodbury, MN, and Diane Richard Weniger, Blaine, MN; two brothers, Lloyd Dorothy Nelson, Moorhead, MN, and Oscar Grace Nelson, Moorhead, MN; two sisters, Nora Nelson, Moorhead, MN, and Pernell Jones, Valdosta, GA; twelve grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; twin brother, Norman; and sisters, Alice Erickson and Lorraine Potratz.