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Joseph Fielding Nelson

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Joseph Fielding Nelson

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
26 May 2015 (aged 85)
Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7406444, Longitude: -111.823254
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On Tuesday evening, May 26, 2015, our husband, father, grandfather, and dear friend, Fielding Nelson, moved on to his next highly anticipated adventure.

Born April 20, 1930 to Joseph Smith Nelson and Nora Cannon in Salt Lake City, Fielding graduated from East High in 1947, served a mission in France for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Utah in 1954.

He married Carolyn Boyer in the Salt Lake Temple December 29, 1954. After two years of military service in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps in Europe, they returned to Salt Lake City, where Fielding began his business career, which included employment with Western Steel Company, KSL Television, and Gillham Advertising.

In 1973, he established J. Fielding Nelson & Associates as a public relations and advertising firm which evolved into one of the premier executive recruiting firms in the Intermountain area.

After selling the company in 1992, he continued working in career coaching and recruiting as well as serving for two years as director and faculty member of the Management Department at LDS Business College.

A devoted member of the church, Fielding served as president of the French East Mission from 1967-1970, and also as Bishop, High Councilor and Sunday School General Board Member. For years he taught everything from gospel doctrine, mission and temple preparation, to primary.

His love of teaching and of his missionaries was surpassed only by his love for Carolyn and his family. He found deep satisfaction in assisting others with their belief in God, personal or family difficulties, and employment.

He was intrigued and humbled by nature and her creatures, considering these a magnificent and irrefutable expression of God's love. He was most content when out in nature, accompanied or alone.

Fielding is survived by his sweetheart and dearest friend, Carolyn; their children, Mark (Cynthia) Nelson, Christian (Lori) Nelson, Heather Nelson (Peter) Cooke, Bruce Nelson (Rob Andreasen), Josh (Holly) Nelson, Nathan (Nancy) Nelson, Andrew (Janie) Nelson, Angela Nelson (Marc) Jewell, Rosie Nelson (Trent) Kaufman, and Philip Nelson; along with thirty-five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. in the Monument Park Thirteenth Ward Chapel, 1320 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City. Viewings will be held at the church on Friday, May 29, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Interment will be at Larkin Sunset Lawn.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from May 28 to May 29, 2015.
On Tuesday evening, May 26, 2015, our husband, father, grandfather, and dear friend, Fielding Nelson, moved on to his next highly anticipated adventure.

Born April 20, 1930 to Joseph Smith Nelson and Nora Cannon in Salt Lake City, Fielding graduated from East High in 1947, served a mission in France for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Utah in 1954.

He married Carolyn Boyer in the Salt Lake Temple December 29, 1954. After two years of military service in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps in Europe, they returned to Salt Lake City, where Fielding began his business career, which included employment with Western Steel Company, KSL Television, and Gillham Advertising.

In 1973, he established J. Fielding Nelson & Associates as a public relations and advertising firm which evolved into one of the premier executive recruiting firms in the Intermountain area.

After selling the company in 1992, he continued working in career coaching and recruiting as well as serving for two years as director and faculty member of the Management Department at LDS Business College.

A devoted member of the church, Fielding served as president of the French East Mission from 1967-1970, and also as Bishop, High Councilor and Sunday School General Board Member. For years he taught everything from gospel doctrine, mission and temple preparation, to primary.

His love of teaching and of his missionaries was surpassed only by his love for Carolyn and his family. He found deep satisfaction in assisting others with their belief in God, personal or family difficulties, and employment.

He was intrigued and humbled by nature and her creatures, considering these a magnificent and irrefutable expression of God's love. He was most content when out in nature, accompanied or alone.

Fielding is survived by his sweetheart and dearest friend, Carolyn; their children, Mark (Cynthia) Nelson, Christian (Lori) Nelson, Heather Nelson (Peter) Cooke, Bruce Nelson (Rob Andreasen), Josh (Holly) Nelson, Nathan (Nancy) Nelson, Andrew (Janie) Nelson, Angela Nelson (Marc) Jewell, Rosie Nelson (Trent) Kaufman, and Philip Nelson; along with thirty-five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. in the Monument Park Thirteenth Ward Chapel, 1320 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City. Viewings will be held at the church on Friday, May 29, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Interment will be at Larkin Sunset Lawn.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from May 28 to May 29, 2015.


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