John V. Nielson

John Vaughan Nielson
7/21/1957 – 2/21/2024
On the 21st Febuary. John Vaughan Nielson, of Lower Paxton at the age of66, went to meet his Lord and Savior. John was born in Philadelphia to Vaughan E. Nielson and Anna Kaizar. He was a 1975 graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School, and went on to Williamson School of Mechanical Trades, where he graduated with an Associate Degree in Electrical Power Technology, in 1978. He joined a company under the corporate umbrella of Combustion Engineering, ABB, Alstom Power, & General Electric as a Field Service Engineer, where he traveled the world, with long stops in Underwood North Dakota, Gary, Indiana, Goth Machi Pakistan, Plymouth North Carolina, Sohae South Korea, Mehala El Kubra Egypt, Los Barrios Spain, Tirlemont Belgium, and Kendal South Africa. On his last stop in South Africa, he met the love of his life, Susan Dawn Tredidga, a beautiful and wonderful lady, from the United Kingdom. They took their wedding vows in front of God, in September of 1991, and were Husband and Wife for 32 years. In March of 1992 they relocated to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania when John became Manager of Operations, of Alstom Power, Northeast Service Center. They were blessed with two wonderful children, John Vaughan II (1992) and Victoria Jayne (1996). They also were fortunate to have three beautiful Bullmastiffs Sasha, Bailee, and Morgan. John loved to watch his children play travel ice hockey and loved to play golf. He loved to watch his favorite Philadelphia sports teams, Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, 76ers, Penn State football, and Villanova basketball, usually with a Tanguary Gimlet, or a nice 12 year old scotch in hand. He enjoyed playing fantasy football. He was very thankful, to have traveled the world and to have met so many wonderful people. As his health declined through many traumatic health events, he learned to live by the scripture, Romans 12:19 "Do not take revenge my good friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written it is mine to avenge, and I will repay says the Lord. Also, during his health decline, he enjoyed the daily, weekly, and monthly phone calls and emails from his friends and colleagues.
John is predeceased in death by his parents Vaughan and Anna, father in law John Tredidga, and will be met at the heaven's gate by his Bullmastiffs Sasha and Bailee. He is survived by his wife Susan, children John II and Victoria, Mother in Law Lucy Bos, Stepfather in Law Roy Bos, Sister in Law Catherine Tredidga, and Brother in Law Joseph Tredidga ( Sharon). He leaves behind Morgan to be the protector of Susan.
A public viewing will be held in Philadelphia, at Mannal Funeral Home 6925 Frankford Ave. (at Tyson) on Friday 3/1 at 11am. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing 10 to 11am, followed by burial at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Tunnel2Towers or to The Williamson College of the Trades.