Obituary Record

June (West) (Hunt) Nelson
Died on 11/21/1992
Buried in Herman Cemetery

June Nelson, 79

Services for June Nelson of Blair, age 79, who died Saturday, November 21, 1992 at Crowell Memorial Home were held on Monday, November 23, 1992 at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, Nebraska, Rev. D. Howard Bailey officiating. Burial was at the Herman, Nebraska Cemetery.

June Nelson, daughter of Jesse and Louise Johnson West, was born June 13, 1913, in Herman, Nebraska. She grew up in Herman and graduated from Herman High School.

In 1933, she married Emory C. Hunt, Jr. They lived in Walthill, Nebraska, for a short time, and settled in Blair where he was general manager and president of HunTel Systems.

She married G. Richard Nelson on February 6, 1947. He preceded her in death on January 21, 1979.

She moved to Crowell Home in 1988. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Blair.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Malvern and Ernest West and a sister, Agnes (Mrs. John) Sutton.

She is survived by her sons, Richard and Hugh Hunt of Blair. Other survivors include an aunt, Christine Mentzer of Blair, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, seven nephews. Grandchildren are David Hunt, Karen Hunt of Blair; Greg Gerke, Plattsmouth; Byrce Hunt, Boulder, Colorado; Daniel Hunt, Blair; Nathan Hunt, Moscow, Russia, and Jay Gerke, Blair. Great-grandchildren are Megan Hunt, Spencer Hunt, Khrystyna Gerke, Matthew Hunt, Madison Hunt and Andrew Hunt.

A memorial fund in her memory has been established to benefit the Crowell Memorial Home.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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