Everett Gustav (Gus) Nelson, 76

Everett Gustav (Gus) Nelson, age 76, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, in his sleep on December 5, 2011 at his home in Sierra Vista, Ariz.

Gus was born to Henrietta and Gustav Nelson on March 11, in Brainerd, Minn. Two months after his birth, Gus’s father died leaving Henrietta alone to raise Gus and his four older brothers and sisters, Donald, Carol, Shirley and Kenneth until she married Henry Gehweier in 1943.

Growing up at ‘Camp Nelson’, their small fishing camp and summer resort on Roy Lake near Nisswa, Minn., Gus was kept busy learning many useful carpentry and mechanic skills, te...