Bio: Nelson, Rev. Paul E. (1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Nelson, Uhlar, Cassebaum

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (17 June 1983)

The Rev. Paul E. Nelson of 113 N Thomas St., Loyal, came from Kewanee, Illinois, to assume the pastorate of Loyal Free Methodist Church, 115 N. Thomas St., August 22, 1982. Nelson was born April 6, 1931 in Norfolk, Nebraska. He attended Moody Bible Institute and Cleveland Bible College before being ordained in July 1967 in Mansfield, Ohio. He served pastorates in Burton, Ohio, five years; Lima, Ohio, six years; was chaplain at Lima State Hospital, Lima, Ohio, two years; was assistant administrator at Sunset Manor, a church-affiliated nursing home in Woodstock, Illinois, 3 1/2 years; and then pastored in Kewaunee, Illinois, five years. During this time he served as president of ministerial associations several times. Nelson and his wife, Marian, who works part-time at Memorial Home, Neillsville, have four children, Mrs. Don (Marge) Uhlar and Mrs. William (Mary) Cassebaum, both of Tucson, Arizona, James Nelson, in the U.S. Army in Germany; and Miss Marcia Nelson in Ames, Iowa.