In Memory: Lois Carol Nelson, former Pacific instructor and choral accompanist

Lois Carol Nelson, former Pacific instructor and choral accompanist, died Feb. 25, 2019, at age 76. She was born on May 4, 1942, in Joliet, Ill. She married Burton Nelson in 1963, and they raised two children together. 
She was the organist at the First Congregational Church of Lockport (Ill.) for over 20 years, and was also the choral accompanist at Lincoln Way High School in New Lenox, Ill. She and her family moved to Portland, Ore., in 1994, where she was an active church organist as well as the choral accompanist at Pacific. In 2007 she moved to Omaha, Nebraska to be closer to her grandchildren. There she was the choral accompanist at Lewis and Clark Middle School in Bellevue, Nebr., for 10 years. She was a gifted piano and organ teacher. 

She was preceded in death by her father, Karl; mother, Olga; and brother, Kenneth Oder (and Maralee). 

She is survived by her brother, Glenn (and Marlin); children, Jeffrey (and Kelli) and Carol (and Martin) Colwell; and two grandchildren.