Stephen C. Nelson

Stephen C. Nelson, age 68, of Sabula died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. Private family services will be held. Memorials may be given to the Sabula Public Library in Stephen’s memory.
Stephen was born December 10, 1941 in Boone, Iowa, the son of Kenneth and Sylvia (Godwin) Nelson and was raised on the family farm. He is a graduate of the Boone High School. He served in the US Army Military Police from 1964 - 1966. On May 28, 1977, Stephen married Mary Jess at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa.
Stephen had worked many years as a machinist for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad Car Shop, Clinton, Iowa. He then transferred to Pocatello, Idaho with the Union Pacific Railroad until his retirement in 2000 when he and Mary returned to Sabula. Stephen was a outdoorsman, he loved nature and woodworking.
Stephen will be dearly missed and is survived by his wife, Mary of Sabula; his daughter, Shelly Nelson of Pocatello, Idaho; two step-sons, Tom (Rose) Petersen of Davenport and Mark (Beverly) Petersen of Davenport; six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a brother, Wallace Nelson of Boone, Iowa; and a sister, Rose (Jim) Hartman of Madrid, Iowa. Stephen is preceded in death by both parents.