Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller

Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.

ELAINE O. NELSON

Carol “Elaine” Openshaw Nelson peacefully passed away on March 14, 2016 at Legacy Village Memory Care Center. Elaine was born on January 25, 1917 in Santaquin, Utah to Floyd and Dot Openshaw. She was the oldest of four children and spent her adolescence up to age eighteen in Santaquin.   Carol “Elaine” Openshaw Nelson peacefully passed away on March 14, 2016 at Legacy Village Memory Care Center. Elaine was born on January 25, 1917 in Santaquin, Utah to Floyd and Dot Openshaw.  Elaine is preceded in death by her husband (Clive), her sons (Nyles and Douglas), her sisters (Margie Boone and Joyce Madsen), her brother (Tietjen Openshaw), her daughter-in-law (Mardene), her granddaughter (Hollie), and her parents. Those left to honor her legacy are her youngest son (Jerry), her daughter-in-law (Debby), twelve grandchildren, thirty-two great grandchildren and one great-great grandson. Thank you mom, we will always love you! Funeral services will be held at 11 am Friday, March 18, 2016 in the Goshen LDS Chapel. Family and friends may call Thursday evening from 6-8 pm at the Brown Family Mortuary 66 South 300 East Santaquin, UT.   Interment will be in the Goshen Cemetery.