Canadian Union MESSENGER
Canadian Union MESSENGER Volume XLII, No. 1 Oshawa, Ontario January 1, 1973 TEbt5 315 tbe Time ... phis' is' the time of enbings, but of tutu beginnings', too . ob s'enbs' us another pear anb matietb all things nett . Another hope, another chance, another roab to take . Another Star to follok3, anb another Start to make . fletu beginnings, netu abbentureg, nein heights' to attain . e)°Wen opportunities to Work anb builb again . flap anb higher as'pirations', for the future baps' . breaming, mobing on balm bright anb better tuap5. May the New Year bring you many treasured hours. Former President of the Canadian Union Conference Passes to His Rest Elder Walter Alfred Nelson, President of the Canadian Union Conference for twelve years, passed to his rest on December 10 at the home of his son, Paul Nelson, in Portland, Oregon. The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. at the Foster Road Funeral Home in Portland, Oregon. Elder Ralph S. Watts, retired from the General Conference, and who is the father-in-law of Elder Nelson's son Paul, officiated at the service. Elder E. R. Waldo, president of the North Pacific Union, gave the life sketch, and Sunny Liu sang "Be Still My Soul." which had long been one of Elder Nelson's favourite hymns. Interment took place at the Lincoln rvlemorial Cemetery on Mount Scott, overlooking the city of Portland. EId_r Nelson was born in Chicago November 12, 1888, the eldest of eight children born to Peter and Mathilda Nelson who had come to America from Stockholm, Sweden.
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