Carl Joseph Nelson

Carl Joe Joseph Nelson was born on September 5, 1923 to Carl and Mary Kycek Nelson in Albert Lea Township. He grew up in the Glenville area and attended country school Districts 52 and 54. On September 14, 1944 Joe was united in marriage to Frances Weiss in Glenville. Joe and Frances made their home near Glenville where Joe farmed. He enjoyed farming and always wanted to know how the crops were doing. Joe was a member of First Lutheran Church in Glenville and a member of the Elks Lodge in Albert Lea. Joe liked to go fishing and traveling. He also liked going to casinos and watching Twins games. Joe enjoyed visits from family and friends, even if he didn't say much. Survivors include his wife, Frances; sisters-in-law, Harriet Nelson and Sharon Weiss; nephews, Keith Wendy Weiss, Eugene Rasmusson, Paul Rasmusson, John Carol Lang, Randy Bremer and Wayne Monson; nieces, Kathy Harold Mehus, Barbara Larry Patterson, Vickie Severtson, Rebecca Perleberg, Mary Martin, Kathryn Odean Nelson, Wendy Bremer and Mary Ann Rick Hemmingson; many great-nieces and nephews; and their cat, Marshmallow. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Mary; brother, Earl Nelson; sisters, Margaret Nelson, Marian Lang and Cecile Bremer; nephews, Douglas Lang and Robert Bremer; niece, Margery Ozburn; mother and father-in-law, Bernard and Ella Weiss; brothers-in-law, Theodore Lang, Lawrence Bremer, Raymond Rasmusson, and Wayne Weiss; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Rasmusson.