Graveside service for Gerald "Jerry" Gilbert Nelson, 74, Lawton, will be at 10:00 am Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Mr. Nelson passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 in a local hospital. Inurnment with full military honors is under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. He was born on January 13, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Gilbert and Margaret Nelson. Jerry graduated from Johnson High School in St. Paul in 1958 and later joined the U.S. Army as a Unit Supply Specialist, then concluded his twenty one years of service as an Administrative Specialist retiring in 1983 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. During his tenure in the Army, he was awarded several ribbons, decorations and medals for his service. After his retirement, he was employed at Cameron University as a printing press specialist and later as a civil servant at Fort Sill. While living in Lawton, he met and married Jane B. Lyell in 1988. They lived together their entire 26 year union in Lawton until his death. Jerry demonstrated his loving, kind and caring heart every day as he cared and supported his loving wife, Jane. They both enjoyed summer evenings together on their back porch watching the sunset and working in the yard. His wife and family will miss his presence tremendously and will always remember his generosity and service to others. He is survived by his loving wife, Jane B. Nelson of the home; his two children, David Nelson, Edmond and Mike Nelson, Lawton, sons of Sandra A. Nelson, Edmond; three stepdaughters, Marcia Matus, Sunnyvale, Texas, Pat Johnson, Kent, Washington and Karen Ford, Ardmore; a granddaughter, Samantha Nelson, Cache; three brothers, Roger Nelson, Edina, Minnesota, Eugene Nelson, Austin, Texas and Michael Nelson, St. Paul, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Conrad Nelson.