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Birth:          25 Aug 1920 Palmyra, Utah Co., Utah
Death:          9 Aug 2014 Idaho Falls, Bonneville Co., Idaho
Burial:         16 Aug 2014 Ammon North Cemetery, Ammon, Bonneville Co., Id.

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Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather returned to his 
Heavenly Father August 9th, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. 

 Blaire "Bud" Gene Nelson was born to Ralph Nelson and Donna Price Nelson on 
August 25th, in Palmyra, UT. He spent his childhood in the Salt Lake City area where 
he enjoyed working along side his dad and brothers racing open wheeled cars. He 
built his first crystal radio set which led to a lifelong love of amateur radio. He 
attended West High in Salt Lake City. He joined the Navy in 1943 and proudly served 
his country during WWII. 

 Bud married the love of his life, Donna Obenchain, on December 24, 1943. They were 
sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls temple in 1993. Bud and Donna were 
blessed with four beautiful girls whom he was very proud of. They moved their family 
to Idaho Falls where he worked for KIFI Radio and was very instrumental in putting 
channel 8 TV on the air. In 1952, Bud went to work for the INL. He retired there in 
1986. 

 He got his first amateur radio license in April 1938. He loved talking to people and 
collected QSL cards from around the world. He was proudly known as W7QAN for 
more than 76 years. 

 Before Blaire lost his eyesight he loved to photograph wildflowers and traveled any 
dirt road he could to locate different species. He also installed the first TV in Stanley, 
Idaho. 

 He was preceeded in death by his father Ralph, mother Donna, Brother Harold, twin 
sister Alaire, two son-in-laws DeWayne Woolf and Dave Moffitt, and twin great 
grandsons Kaden and Jaden Taylor. 

 He is survived by his wife Donna of Idaho Falls, daughters Joey (Jim) Price of 
Silverdale, WA, Vicki Moffitt of Idaho Falls, Doni Woolf of Beaver Dam, AZ, Geri 
(Danny) McCurdy of Tooele, UT, 12 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren. He 
spent his life in service to his family and left a great legacy of love for us all to follow. 

 Funeral services will be held at the Idaho Falls 11th Ward, 1235 Juniper Dr, Idaho 
Falls, ID on Saturday, August 16th, 2014 at 2:00 pm. The family will visit with friends 
and relatives an hour prior to the services. Interment will be at the Ammon North 
Cemetery. 

Parents
NELSON Ralph ()
PRICE Donna ()

Siblings
NELSON Blaire Gene ("Bud") (25 Aug 1920 - 9 Aug 2014)

Marriage To OBENCHAIN Donna E. ()

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Parents
OBENCHAIN Edgar Allen (7 Dec 1893 - 10 Oct 1995)
MCPHETERS Mabel Inez (3 Oct 1903 - 18 Nov 1996)

Children by OBENCHAIN Donna E.
NELSON Joey L. ()
NELSON Vicki L. ()
NELSON Dawnece Marie ("Doni") ()
NELSON Geri D. ()

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