Gary Gene Nelson, age 73, of Milltown, WI died Friday, September 17, of bone cancer. Gary was born November 14, 1936 in St. Paul, MN to Stanley and Martha Nelson. He grew up in the Clayton area and graduated from the Clayton High School in 1954. After graduating high school he enlisted and served in the US Navy on the USS Buck from 1956 to 1958. Gary worked many years for American Linen on the Wisconsin route. He was a fan of Nascar and the Green Bay Packers. Gary was preceded in death by his mother Martha [Wendt] Burback, and father Stanley Nelson, also sisters Dawn Forgie, and Gerri Carlson and the mother of his children Shirley Liddell.
He will be sadly missed by his children, Mark Nelson, Robin Kirchner, Tamara Nelson and Marty Nelson, grandchildren Michael and Anna Isaac, Benjamin Walsh [Alissa Wulf], Ajahn and AsyrRia, Tony Nelson, Matthew and Jordan Kirchner, and Gary Nelson. brothers, Robert Nelson, Jack Burback and Tom Burback, and sisters, Marliss Moreland, Mary Vondelinde, Jill Bell, and Gretchen Coppinger. Left to mourn also will be other loving family and his many friends including the Texas Hold'em crew at the Blacksmith Shop, and his "500" and cribbage pals. A graveside military service will be held at the Amery Cemetery in the spring.