Richard P. Nelson

Dick donated a peace sign to a 36th District Democrats fundraiser. He made it with soldered heavy wire and put holiday lights on it. We bought it to hang high up in our front widow. ("We" means me and Beckey Sukovaty who worked for Al Williams "back in the day.") The lights have been redone a couple times, but it's still the "Dick Nelson Peace Sign." If you know where to look (second house north of Hazel Heights), you can see it from the Ballard Bridge.

Dick Nelson was heroic in his selfless dedication to creating a better world and I was blessed to have been his friend.

I worked for Dick as his legislative assistant in the early 1980s. He was a very dedicated civil servant then, and remained so for the rest of his life. The people of the state of Washington and the city of Seattle have suffered a great loss at his passing. RIP, Dick.

I met Dick in the mid 1970's. He and I and the former Director of the Church Council of Seattle, bought stock in Boeing so that we could attend the shareholders meeting and protest Boeing's involvement in the support for the B2 bomber, being used in the Vietnam War. Dick helped us with the money for the stock but because of his position as a legislator, let Bill and I represent us at the stockholders meeting. He had a quiet determination and dedication to doing the right thing. Over the...

I met Dick when he was still at Hanford, through the peace and civil right movements. He was then, as always, a kind, generous man and one of the most intelligently selfless I have ever known, completely dedicated to making the world a little better for his being here. A good man!