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Audrey E. Nelson Ph.D.

1949 - 2025

Audrey Nelson Obituary

Audrey E. Nelson, PhD

January 7, 1949 - September 29, 2025

CELEBRATION OF LIFE with Nebraska Nurse Honor Guard Presentation: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 2:30 p.m., at West Center Chapel.

INTERMENT: Greenwood Cemetery, York, Neb.

Memorials are suggested to: the University of Nebraska Foundation (UNF) and designated for the Audrey Nelson, PhD, College of Nursing Fund, which supports undergraduate students and faculty in the UNMC College of Nursing.

To view a live broadcast of the Services, please visit www.heafeyheafey.com and click the "Live Cast" button at the top of the home page.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Omaha World-Herald from Oct. 8 to Oct. 12, 2025.

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Crystal (Baker) Pearon

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May your warm memories of Dr. Nelson bring you strength- she taught me in nursing school about 26 years ago- she challenged her students to use critical thinking which to this day is a skill I am grateful for!

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