Gordon Everett Nielson

1917 - 1985  (68 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Gordon Everett Nielson
  Birth	17 Jun 1917	Ramah, McKinley, New Mexico, United States
  Gender	Male
  Initiatory (LDS)	24 Aug 1942	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	KWC1-HNP
  Death	8 Dec 1985	Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
  Burial	12 Dec 1985	Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I182	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Frihoff Ellis Nielson,   b. 3 Aug 1893, Ramah, McKinley, New Mexico, United States d. 20 May 1974, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Marta Almeda Nelson,   b. 22 Feb 1894, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 23 May 1945, San Xavier, Pima, Arizona, United States (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1914	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  Notes	Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Utah, Select Marriag e s, 1887-1966
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arlene King,   b. 5 Oct 1919, Buist, Oneida, Idaho, United States d. 30 Aug 1968, Upland, San Bernardino, California, United States (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1942	Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
  Children	1. Eileen Nielson,   b. 19 Mar 1943, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States d. 4 Sep 2018 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Jun 1917 - Ramah, McKinley, New Mexico, United States Marriage - 18 Mar 1942 - Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 24 Aug 1942 - SLAKE Death - 8 Dec 1985 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Burial - 12 Dec 1985 - Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Some of the most meaningful memories I have of my dad, Gordon Everett Ni e lson, are those involving his providing medical care to friends, famil y , and even complete strangers, in very unlikely places. From my early Childhood, while we were living in a home on the beac h i n Laie, Hawaii, I remember there being a knock on the door at some po in t in the evening. I know it was after Dad had already spent the day i n hi s small clinic there in, and that it was after dark, although I don' t hav e any recollection of what time it actually was. (And this was no t an iso lated, one-time occurrence.) At the door were a couple of member s of a lo cal Polynesian family. They were in need of medical care and al though the re were medical services available at a small hospital in a ne arby town , everyone in the village knew, and expected that, Dad would ta ke care o f them and make them well. He was "their" doctor. One evenin g I remembe r that as the evening progressed, others kept showing up an d at a time th at was well past my bed-time, the "lanai" (our covered pat io), was crowde d with residents of the community and their families, bei ng taken care o f by Doc Nielson. Dad had a "call bag" that he took everywhere with him. Sometimes yo u w ill still see a doctor that has a call bag, but they're typically jus t li ttle bags, no bigger than a medium-sized women's purse. Dad's call b ag wa s enormous, like a smaitcase, probably weighing 15 pounds or more . Whenev er he left home for more than just a short time, particularly i f he was g oing out of town, he carried that with him. I remember many ti mes while g rowing up at home, helping him go through the contents, makin g sure all t he medications and supplies were fresh and refilled. Dad h a d the capacit y, with that call bag, to even perform minor surgery or c are for a hear t attack patient. I've seen him, and even helped him, do both. Even on vacations suc h a s when visiting the Mayan ruins at Tikal in Guatemala; or while on th e is land of Roatan off the coast of Honduras; or when on hunting trips a s i n the Malpai country neard, Arizona...Dad was providing medical car e an d relief to those who needed it, just because he could........and be caus e that's what his heart told him to do.