Mr. Nelson died Monday, March 26, 2001, at his home of lymphoma.
He was born May 21, 1930, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of S. C. and Mabel L. (Conley) Nelson.
Mr. Nelson served in the U.S. Navy for four years and the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve for 28 years, and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was a professional truck driver for 34 years.
He married Beulah Jean Massey on Sept. 29, 1956, in New Lancaster. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Cathy Schieck, Temecula, Calif., and Michelle Drye, Nixa, Mo.; a son, Sterling, Olathe; two brothers, Kenneth, Selah, Wash., and Don, Pomeroy, Wash.; three sisters, Loretta Reynolds and Marilyn Morgan, both of LaCygne, Betty Bangs, Louisburg; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends following services at the chapel.
The family suggests memorials to Kansas City Hospice, Kansas office, 12006 W. 87th St. Parkway, Lenexa 66215.
Eva Wright
Winchester -- Services for Eva Mae Wright, 77, Bonner Springs, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Winchester United Methodist Church. Cremation is planned, and inurnment will be in Carlisle (Ky.) Cemetery.
Mrs. Wright died Sunday, March 25, 2001, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam.
She was born June 17, 1923, in Carlisle, Ky., the daughter of Charles Isaac and Edna (Pickett) Myers. She graduated from Winchester High School in 1943 and attended cosmetology school in Wichita. She moved to Bonner Springs in 1989, and had lived previously in Amsterdam, Mo., Warsaw, Mo., Collinville, Okla., and Winchester.
Mrs. Wright owned and operated Eva Mae's Beauty Shop in Winchester for 13 years, and she had also owned and managed a beauty shop in Collinville, Okla., for two years.
She retired in 1967.
She married Carl Wright on June 1, 1967, in Winchester. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Wright, Shawnee; four stepsons, Richard Wright, Parkville, Mo., Jimmy and Daniel Wright, both of Olathe, and Donald Wright, Hardy, Ark.; a grandchild; six stepgrandchildren; and a stepgreat-grandchild.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to service time Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorials to American Cancer Society, sent in care of Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa, 66066.
Mitscher services
Leavenworth -- Military graveside services for Ronald E. Mitscher, 55, Henderson, Nev., will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Mr. Mitscher died Friday, March 9, 2001, at his home.
He was born Feb. 2, 1946, in Hazel Park, Mich., the son of Lester and Mary (Pounder) Mitscher.
Mr. Mitscher served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and retired Feb. 26, 1971.
Survivors include a brother, Lester Mitscher, Lawrence.
The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Assn., sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
l Additional obituaries can be found on page 3B.
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