Clifford Scott Nelson

A celebration of life for Clifford Scott Nelson, 55, Lawrence, will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at the Red Lyon in Lawrence. He has been cremated. Private family services will be in the spring.Mr. Nelson died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.He was born April 21,1952, in Salina, the son of Robert M. and Sylvia Crosby Nelson. He graduated from Salina High School in 1970. He lived in Lawrence for many years.Mr. Nelson was employed as a boiler operator for Kansas University.Survivors include his mother, Sylvia Nelson, Lindsborg; two brothers, Richard, Omaha, Neb., and Andrew, Topeka; and four sisters, Roberta Stark, Omaha, Neb., and Pamela Mastin, Mary Gleason and Katherine Barry, all of Salina.Newcomer Family Funeral Home in Topeka is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.newcomerfamily.com.