A Celebration of Life will be held at the Platteville Community Evangelical Free Church at a later date. The Melby Funeral Home & Crematory in Platteville is serving the family. Memorials may be made to the Thomas B. Nelson Memorial fund at P.O. Box 245, Platteville, WI 53818. This money will be used to establish a scholarship for civil engineering students at UW–Platteville. Online condolences can be made at www.melbyfh.com.

A complete obituary is in the May 6, 2020 issue of The Platteville Journal.