Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Nelson Alvin E 960123 p1
Funeral Wednesday for Alvin E. Nelson;  A funeral service will be held here Wednesday for long time Patterson resident
Alvin E. Nelson.  He died Saturday at his home following a short illness.  He was 84.  He was a native of Duluth,
Minnesota and came to Patterson with his family in 1921, observing his 10th birthday on the train.  After graduation from
Patterson High School he was employed by Lyle Johnson for a time, then went to work at the Yancey Lumber Co., yard
in Patterson as a bookkeeper. He worked for 41 years at the yard retiring as a manager in 1976.  He had nearly 43 years of
perfect attendance in the Patterson Lions Club, and served as the organization's president in 1955-6.  He was honored last
spring with the club's Melvin Jones Award for dedicated humanitarian service, and continued to faithfully work in club
projects until his death.  He was also a member of' the Patterson 50-Plus Club.  On June 21, 1936 he married Pattersonite
Martha Schaub, and they observed their 59th wedding anniversary in 1994.  She preceded him in death last Jan. 24.  Not
only was he helpful with customers at the lumber yard, but continued to assist many of them, even after retirement. He
was very handy at repairing locks, and had many friends in the community.  "He didn't have an enemy, ever," one of them
said this week.  A service will he held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Hillview Funeral Chapel.  Burial in Patterson District
Cemetery will follow. Visitation will he today, Tuesday, from 5-1; p.m., also at the chapel.  Survivors include two
daughters, Joan Honebein of Fremont and Janet Heffner of Citrus Heights; four grandchildren, and two great-
grandchildren.  Remembrances should he sent to Hospice of Emanuel, P.O. Box 2120, Turlock, Calif. 95382.