Elden Kent Nelson passed away on March 14, 2020 at the Murray Intermountain Medical Center. He was born in Eureka, Utah on July 2, 1935 to Dorothy Gillespie Nelson and Elden (Ike) Nelson. He attended schools in Goshen and Eureka and graduated from Tucson High School in Arizona.

He married Jeannine Taylor on July 2, 1961.

He served his country in the Navy and was a 60-year member and past Exalted Ruler of the BPOE in Eureka. Elden worked as a miner in the Moab and New Mexico uranium mines and in the mines around Eureka, Tucson, and Globe, Arizona. He also worked as a truck driver and CDL instructor for CR England in Salt Lake City.

After retiring, he and his wife became full time RV’rs and traveled south in the winter and back to Utah in the summer. He loved the mountains and would take long rides on his four-wheeler. He also loved to golf, fish, and go camping. He loved hanging out with his children and grandchildren whenever he had the chance.  Elden loved to help at the Mount Pleasant rodeo, where he resided every summer. Elden was a very outgoing person and made many friends.

He is survived by his wife Jeannine, three children; Joni Lynn (Bob) Pratt of Kaysville, Jeffrey Kent (Shannon) Nelson of Fairview, and Joseph Elden Nelson (Jake Strickland) of Salt Lake City, seven grandchildren; Michelle, Brian, Heather, Shakira, Sheyenne, Ike, and Bridger, and one great-grandson Mauricio, brothers; Ronald Nelson of Eureka, and Terry Nelson of Salt Lake City, sister Wendy Nelson of Salt Lake City, as well as many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 12 p.m. Noon at the Santaquin City Cemetery.