Loren Paul Nelson, Jr., 76, of Bedford, NH and former longtime resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado passed away at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH on Sunday, September 26th, 2021.
He was born in Anadarko, OK on May 4th, 1945 to the late Irene (Koch) and Loren Paul Nelson, Sr. He was raised in Oklahoma City, OK and graduated from U. S. Grant High School. He went for his Undergraduate studies in Applied Mathematics at Oklahoma City University and received his Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Missouri.
Paul was a proud member of the U.S. Air Force, serving from 1967 to 1988 where he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served as an instructor at the United States Air Force Academy, commander of the GEODS site on White Sands Missile Range, and was integral in the development and execution of USAF Space Command where he served the remainder of his military career. After retirement from the Air Force, he went on to work as a defense contractor for GTE, Aerospace, and as a civil servant until his final retirement in 2015.
Paul was also a committed follower of Christ who served faithfully at First Southern Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Black Forest in Colorado Springs. Paul taught many years of Sunday School, was an exemplary deacon, and used the gifts God gave him to serve on numerous essential church committees. He was passionate about the Gospel and missions and supported many evangelism endeavors and missionaries around the world. He was a generous believer and wanted to see the advancement of God's kingdom. He served as a teaching leader for Bible Study Fellowship for over a decade and was committed to teaching and training all people in how to study God's Word.
Along with his parents, Paul was pre-deceased by his brother, John Nelson.
He will be forever loved and remembered by his wife of 54 years, Marjorie (Wynn) Nelson; his daughter, Lori and her husband Kevin Peters; his son, Loren P. Nelson, III; eight grandchildren, Brandon and his wife Jennifer Peters, Alisa and her husband Peter-John Philbrick, Ashley and her husband Andrew Weaver, Ryan Peters, Katherine Nelson, Jonathan Peters, Davis Nelson, and Matthew Peters; three great-grandchildren, Alexis and Aurora Peters and Anthony Weaver; a sister, Susan and her husband Richard Whomble; sister-in-law, Linda Nelson; along with his nieces, Stephanie Dawson and Yolanda Nelson.
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