STUART A. NELSON

1926 - 2014

NELSON, Stuart A. Jr. 88, of 714 Darby Drive, Laconia, N.H. died at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Sunday, November 9, 2014. Stu was born April 7, 1926 in Boston, Mass. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII from 1944-1946. He resided in Squantum, Mass. for sixty-one years before moving to Laconia in 2000. He had been employed as a Physical Education Teacher, assistant sailing master and the women's sailing coach for thirty-eight years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Survivors include his wife, Judith Ann (Greenhalgh) Nelson, of Laconia; two sons, Jeffrey Stuart Nelson and Karl Alfred Nelson, both of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; a daughter, Nina Linnea Garvin, of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., six grandchildren, Jessica Jean Garvin, Linnea Isabel Garvin, Elin Ruth Nelson, Niole Frances Nelson, Anders Abrahamson Nelson and Britta Dahl Nelson; a sister, Lorraine Daniels, of Squantum, Mass. and one nephew, Marc Nelson Hanover, of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. In addition to his parents, Mr. Nelson was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth Caroline Nelson and a sister, Barbara Ann Hanover. There will be no calling hours. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 11:00AM at the Laconia Congregational Church, 69 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. Rev. Dr. Warren H. Bouton, Pastor of the Church, will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the St. Francis Home & Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund. 406 Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or to the Laconia Congregational Church, Dorcas Fund, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia, N. H. 03246.Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com