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Nelson Lightcap Obituary

Nelson M. Lightcap Jr., 70, of Lebanon Township, N.J., died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Morristown Medical Center. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 6 p.m. in the Coughlin Funeral Home, 15 Academy St., Califon, N.J. Burial will be on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Mountain View Cemetery in Cokesbury, N.J. Calling hours are on Wednesday prior to the service from 4 to 6 p.m. Nelson was born in Plainfield, N.J., on March 3, 1924, and lived in Cranford, N.J., before moving to Lebanon Township in 1986. After retiring from The Robbins & Allison Moving Company in Cranford, N.J., he worked as a deliveryman for Brook Run Farm in Lebanon Township. Nelson was a graduate of Cranford High School and Middle Tennessee State College. A member of the Cranford Lions Club, he was an avid fly fisherman and enjoyed walking his dog, Charlie Nelson is survived by his wife, Irene Pospisil Lightcap; a son, Keith, and his wife, Sheri, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Renee Lightcap, of Marina, Calif., and her fiance, Loveday Camille; a brother, Jonathan, of Cranford, N.J.; a sister, Joan Robinson, of Port. St. Lucie, Fla.; a grandson, Staler Lightcap, and a step granddaughter, Brielle Aldrich. Memorial donations may be made to pdf.org., parkinson's foundation.

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Published by The Star-Ledger on Mar. 26, 2012.

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Phil & Christine Cooney

March 29, 2012

Renee & Keith, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

March 26, 2012

My condolences to the family. May your fond memories of him bring you peace as well as the comfort that our heavenly father gives.

March 26, 2012

NELLY-BELL--- YOUR WERE OUR BUDDY THROUGHOUT SCHOOL AND AGAIN AT R + A. HOWIE, DENNIS, BIG AL WILL ALL MISS YOU. GOD BLESS.. GUYBO

March 26, 2012

Nelson, You were a very good friend and I will think of you often ...

Jack Millar

Janet Borchardt

March 26, 2012

Our sincere condolences to the Lightcap family on your loss.
Randy and Janet Borchardt

March 26, 2012

My condolences to the Lightcap Family. Know that God will comfort you in this time of sorrow Plsams 55 verse 22

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