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Carey Ellen Boone Nelson

Staten Island, New York

1923 - 2021 (Age 97)

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DIED
February 7, 2021
AGE
97
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Staten Island, New York

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Carey Ellen Boone Nelson Prominent sculptor dies at 97 Carey Ellen Boone Nelson, a lifelong sculptor and patron of the arts, was 97 years old when she passed away on February 7, 2021 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Mrs. Nelson was born on June 13, 1923 in Lexington, Missouri to parents Carey...

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She was a wonderful, kind lady with an exceptional talent.She did a bronze bas relief of me for the U.S.Coast Guard and Salmagundi club, and I was present when she unveiled it on the Intrepid, Manhattan, I had first met her in Palm Beach, when she expressed interest in doing a bronze sculpture of me to commemorate the Yarmouth Castle disaster, and my role in same.

To the Nelson family For all the years I worked at Tech I met so many of you. Mr. Nelson was so good to all his staff and I enjoyed working with him. His knowledge was overwhelming. Then he introduced the love of his life, Mrs. Nelson. Well what can you say about her, she was beautiful inside and out. He met his match, her talent, drive, knowledge and sophistication made him so proud. They both loved all of you with emended pride. May Mrs Nelson be greeted by Mr Nelson and enjoy eternity....