Emily Jane Fincham Nelson

Nelson, Emily Jane Fincham, 84, died Saturday, April 5, 2008. Emily was born at home on the family farm near Pratt, Kansas to the late Albert Victor Fincham and Florence Chapman Fincham, the third of four children. She graduated from Pratt High School and was thrilled to move to Kansas City where she studied to become a registered nurse at the University of Kansas, earning her degree in in 1945. While working in Kansas City, she met and married Dr. Gust H. Nelson, Jr. They were married for 60 wonderful years before he passed away in 2006. They lived in Garden City for more that 20 years, before settling in Wichita in the early 1970s. Emily was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. She was a gifted cook and entertainer, a world traveler and an avid Jayhawk sports fan. Emily was predeceased by her brothers, Howard and Clarence Fincham. She is survived by her devoted sister, Pauline Kaufman of Wichita; her children, Gust Nelson of Balboa Island, CA, Signe Hanson of Sherburn MN and Anna Hecker of Fresno, CA. Her eight grandchildren are Chapman Nelson, Brandon Barrett, Catherine, Chris and David Thomas and Tobin, Nelson and Finn Hecker. Services will be held at Downing Lahey Mortuary East at 2:00 P.M., on Saturday, April 12 with a reception following at Cibola Restaurant, 1900 N. Rock Rd., Wichita. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent to: KU Endowment, 3903 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66103-9975. (In memory of Emily Fincham Nelson for the University of Kansas School of Nursing.)