Son of Theodore Roosevelt Nelson and Elsie Pearl Mullendore
Sheriff Dale E. Nelson
Died on September 8, 1980
Age 51
Beaver County Sheriff's Office
Accidental: Drowning/Suffocation
Sheriff Nelson lost his life while attempting a rescue. The 51-year-old victim responded to an ambulance call at a dairy farm located two miles west of Beaver, where two men had been overcome by methane fumes inside a concrete manure tank. As he attempted to reach the two victims in the tank, he also was overcome by the fumes. All three men died, and a fourth man was injured. Sheriff Nelson was married and the father of three children. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver. His bronze memorial plaque is sponsored by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office.
*This information was found on utahsfallen.org and posted here with their permission.
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Marriage: 19 September 1957 in Minersville, Beaver County, Utah.
Children: Tammy Ann Nelson, Timothy Dale Nelson, Jill Nelson.
Thanks to Tammy Lander for this information.
Florence Louise Nelson Drnjevic Sister
Sheriff Dale E. Nelson
Died on September 8, 1980
Age 51
Beaver County Sheriff's Office
Accidental: Drowning/Suffocation
Sheriff Nelson lost his life while attempting a rescue. The 51-year-old victim responded to an ambulance call at a dairy farm located two miles west of Beaver, where two men had been overcome by methane fumes inside a concrete manure tank. As he attempted to reach the two victims in the tank, he also was overcome by the fumes. All three men died, and a fourth man was injured. Sheriff Nelson was married and the father of three children. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver. His bronze memorial plaque is sponsored by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office.
*This information was found on utahsfallen.org and posted here with their permission.
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Marriage: 19 September 1957 in Minersville, Beaver County, Utah.
Children: Tammy Ann Nelson, Timothy Dale Nelson, Jill Nelson.
Thanks to Tammy Lander for this information.
Florence Louise Nelson Drnjevic Sister
Son of Theodore Roosevelt Nelson and Elsie Pearl Mullendore
Sheriff Dale E. Nelson
Died on September 8, 1980
Age 51
Beaver County Sheriff's Office
Accidental: Drowning/Suffocation
Sheriff Nelson lost his life while attempting a rescue. The 51-year-old victim responded to an ambulance call at a dairy farm located two miles west of Beaver, where two men had been overcome by methane fumes inside a concrete manure tank. As he attempted to reach the two victims in the tank, he also was overcome by the fumes. All three men died, and a fourth man was injured. Sheriff Nelson was married and the father of three children. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver. His bronze memorial plaque is sponsored by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office.
*This information was found on utahsfallen.org and posted here with their permission.
***********************************************************
Marriage: 19 September 1957 in Minersville, Beaver County, Utah.
Children: Tammy Ann Nelson, Timothy Dale Nelson, Jill Nelson.
Thanks to Tammy Lander for this information.
Florence Louise Nelson Drnjevic Sister
Sheriff Dale E. Nelson
Died on September 8, 1980
Age 51
Beaver County Sheriff's Office
Accidental: Drowning/Suffocation
Sheriff Nelson lost his life while attempting a rescue. The 51-year-old victim responded to an ambulance call at a dairy farm located two miles west of Beaver, where two men had been overcome by methane fumes inside a concrete manure tank. As he attempted to reach the two victims in the tank, he also was overcome by the fumes. All three men died, and a fourth man was injured. Sheriff Nelson was married and the father of three children. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver. His bronze memorial plaque is sponsored by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office.
*This information was found on utahsfallen.org and posted here with their permission.
***********************************************************
Marriage: 19 September 1957 in Minersville, Beaver County, Utah.
Children: Tammy Ann Nelson, Timothy Dale Nelson, Jill Nelson.
Thanks to Tammy Lander for this information.
Florence Louise Nelson Drnjevic Sister
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