Yale Roy Nelson, son of Arthur William Nelson (1883 - 1955) and Frank Joesephine (Cavett) Nelson (1882 - 1975), was born in Edgar, Nebraska on October 10, 1918.
Jean Helen Nutter, daughter of John and Jennie (Reinholdson) Nutter, was born on the family farm located between Gibbon and Shelton, Nebraska, on February 14, 1915.
Roy married Jean on August 31, 1942, in Denver, Colorado.
Jean currently lives in Denver, Colorado. Jean is very actively interested in her family history and geneology, and has contributed immensely to this family web page via the photos and information she provided to Betty Nims, daughter of Beatrice (Nutter) Hogg.
Yale and Jean had four children:
| Robert Yale Nelson | Born in 1945. Robert married Diane Jean Garrett in 1969. Robert and Diane were eventually divorced, and Robert remarried 3 times: to Barbara Jean McEvoy in 1975, to Sheila Maureen Hampson in 1982, and to Mary Therese Montoya in 1986. |
| Steven Arthur Nelson | Born in 1947. Steven married Marlynn Louise Cimino in 1973. |
| Thomas Cavett Nelson | Born in 1952. Thomas married Cheryl Ann Kirsch in 1979. |
| Marilyn Jean Nelson | Born in 1955. Marilyn married John Heins in 1992. |
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