Nelson E. Slagle

Nelson E. Slagle, aka `Slag`, age 84, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, in Salem, Oregon.

Nelson was born on January 8, 1939 in Findlay, Ohio to the late Gene and Emily (Weber) Slagle. He graduated from Marion Harding High School in 1956 and The Ohio State University in 1960. Nelson worked briefly in public accounting as a CPA before moving to California where he met and married Tamra Jean Hagen on January 28, 1967. Nelson and Tammy lived in California until moving to Salem, Oregon two years ago.

Nelson worked in accounting for many years for Rockwell International and Boeing before retiring in 1999 as Director of Accounting at Boeing.

Nelson touched many people`s lives in an inclusive way with his numerous hobbies. From 1967 to 2018 Nelson organized 142 Hearts Palace tournaments. For decades he managed weekly basketball and football prediction and annual baseball prediction contests. For many years he organized and ran in 5k races at Boeing; requested, assimilated and distributed movie ratings; hosted Academy Award parties; hosted putting green tournaments in his backyard (aka Slag`s Country Club where Nelson proudly served as Commissioner), conducted neighborhood Christmas light contests and assiduously researched family genealogy. He enjoyed managing his son`s teams in youth sports. Nelson visited every state including every state capitol and nearly every Presidential home and museum. He took thousands of pictures documenting his hobbies, family and friends. Nelson diligently kept statistics, even multi-decade cumulative statistics, which, along with his many photos, he proudly posted on his website, SlagsHouseofStats.

Nelson is survived by his loving wife Tammy (Salem, Oregon), their two sons Jim (Columbus, Ohio) and Jerry (Salem, Oregon), sisters Bonnie Shaffstall (Jean) and Betty Huckaba (Bill), and brothers Jim (Heidi) and John (Gale). Nelson and Tammy enjoyed 55 years of marriage.

Nelson will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nelson Slagle's memory to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson`s Research at www.michaeljfox.org.