In Memory
Maxwell Arthur Nelms Veteran
- Birth
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Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 13 Dec 2009 (aged 80)
Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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Bartley, Red Willow County, Nebraska
Maxwell A. Nelms, of Bartley, Nebraska departed this life December 13, 2009, at the Cambridge Hospital Cambridge, Nebraska after courageous battle with oesophageal cancer.
Maxwell was 80 years of age having been born to Marvin Arthur and Ruth Eleanor (Liston) Nelms on their farm south of Indianola, Nebraska, on February 13, 1929.
Maxwell received his grade school education at rural schools in Red Willow County, Nebraska graduating from McCook Nebraska) High School with the class of 1946.
Max married Dona J. O'Dea on September 16, 1950 in McCook, Nebraska. He served in the army during the Korean War, from 1951 to 1953 and was a member of American Legion Post William Wight #245 and the VFW Post No. 7030.
Max and Dona moved to a farm west of Bartley, Nebraska in 1953 and in 1962 to their farm north of Bartley, Nebraska. He was active in the Bartley (Nebraska) Christian Church as an Elder, Sunday School leader and choir member. He was also active as a county and state officer in the Wheatgrowers and Pork Producers, raising prize winning cattle and hogs. He was involved in conservation and served on the board of the Dry Creek Pilot Watershed as the first area watershed was organized and structures built around Bartley, Nebraska. He was secretary of the Hillcrest Nursing Home Board of McCook, Nebraska for 20 years.
The McCook Junior Chamber of Commerce named him Outstanding Young Farmer in recognition for his service to community and farm organizations. He participated in area co-operatives and enjoyed his son's activities in school and 4-H and continued to follow the activities of his grandchildren.
Survivors include: wife, Dona Nelms; son, Merrit A. Nelms, and his wife, Susan of Indianola, Nebraska; brothers Don (Shirley) Nelms, Roger (Rose) Nelms and brother-in-law Oren Carter all of McCook, Nebraska; sister-in-law Betty (Richard) Phillips of San Antonio, Texas, brothers-in-law Densel (Barbara) O'Dea and Carlton (Andrea) O'Dea both of McCook, Nebraska and a host of relatives and friends.
Maxwell was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by: his parents, Marvin and Ruth Nelms and sister, Eleanor Carter.
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