\t\t\tJohn D. Nelson, Jr. \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
John D. Nelson, Jr., 75, a resident of East Mountain section of Scranton, died Thursday at home after an illness. His wife of 28 years is the former Nancy Enslin. Born in Salem Twp., Wayne County, he was the son of the late John A. Sr. and Jean Smith Nelson. He was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School, was employed for 10 years by American Can and retired from COLTS Bus Co. as the Maintenance Supervisor.<\/p>\n
\nJohn was an avid hunter and fisherman, he enjoyed the outdoors. He built a 1934 Ford Coupe . John was gifted the ability to fix anything, and he freely shared this gift with anyone who needed help. He loved his four legged companion, Dreta, with all his heart. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n
\nAlso surviving are two daughters; Nicole Nelson and Tami Nelson, both of Scranton, grandchildren; Morgan Dougherty, Kaiona Nelson, Beyonka Amador, Keiren Dougherty, and Jalen Thomas, five great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his sister Linda Nicholson.<\/p>\n
\nA Funeral Service will be conducted Wednesday at 10 AM by Pastor Ginger Daubenhauser in the August J. Haas Funeral Home, Inc., 202 Pittston Ave. Interment Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst. Friends may call Tuesday from 5 to 7 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Puppy Paradise, 1619 Scranton Carbondale Hwy., Scranton, 18508. To leave an online condolence, visit www.augusthaasfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n \nJohn D. Nelson, Jr.<\/p>\n \nJune 4, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John D. Nelson, Jr. OBITUARY John D. Nelson, Jr., 75, a resident of East Mountain section of Scranton,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-213107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}