• Born: 12 May 1912, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
• Marriage (1): Lucille Lois HOCKETT on 28 May 1938 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, USA ¹
• Died: 19 October 2001, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA at age 89

   Other names for Cleveland were Buss NELSON and Cleveland Clarence "Buss" NELSON.

  Death Notes

Westchester Gardens Rehabilitation and Care Center

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Nickname: Buss.

• Gallery: Publicity for the Seattle Day Nursery benefit features a photo of Clarence in The Seattle Sunday Times, on 8 December 1912, in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA. The newspaper does not identify the baby in the photo, but his family saved a clipping.

• Gallery: Newspaper clipping features photo of Cleveland as an infant, on 8 December 1912, in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA.
  
  This newspaper clipping was saved since it features a photo of the infant Cleveland Clarence Nelson. The person who wrote on the clipping thought that Clarence was about 3 months old when the photo was taken, but he was actually almost 7 months old. Note that a second newspaper clipping was attached in the corner — the funeral notice for Cleveland's stillborn brother, William Arthur Nelson.

• He resided at 312 E. Walnut St. In Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana, USA on 4 November 1918.

• He resided at 1421 Richardt Avenue in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA on 28 March 1921.

• He resided at 1307 Fulton Ave in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA on 26 September 1923.

• He had a residence in 1970 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA.

• Last Residence: Bef 1982, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

• He had a residence in 1982-1994 in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, USA.

• His obituary was published on page 7 of the St. Petersburg Times on 25 October 2001 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.
  
  NELSON, CLEVELAND CLARENCE "BUSS," 89, of Clearwater, formerly of Brooksville, died Friday (Oct. 19, 2001) at Westchester Gardens Rehabilitation and Care Center, Clearwater. He was born in Seattle and came to Florida in the late 1970s from Illinois, where he retired as a machinist in the physical plant of the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. He worked in a civilian position as a ship machinist at Pearl Harbor during World War II. He was a member of Spring Lake United Methodist Church, Brooksville, the Masonic Lodge in Urbana for 50 years, and was active in prison ministry work at the Sumter Correctional Institute, Brooksville. Survivors include a daughter, ----- ----- Nelson, Clearwater; a son, Cleve Allen, St. Petersburg; two sisters, ----- Nicholson, St. Petersburg, and Betty Carlisle, Evansville, Ind.; a brother, Frank, Evansville; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Sylvan Abbey Funeral Home, Clearwater.

Cleveland married Lucille Lois HOCKETT, daughter of Allen Nathan HOCKETT and Mary Ellen GILBERT, on 28 May 1938 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, USA.¹ (Lucille Lois HOCKETT was born on 10 April 1917 in Scottland, Edgar County, Illinois, USA, died on 20 October 1994 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA and was buried on 25 October 1994 in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, USA.)