P "MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" of ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:place w:st="on"st1:PersonName w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"Waterford/st1:City/st1:PersonName/st1:place, September 4, 2012 at age 66, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. " Arial; Wife of Pastor Richard Nelson. " Arial; "Caring mother of Gina Nelson and Blake (st1:place w:st="on"Shannon/st1:place) Nelson. " Arial; "Loving grandmother of Kathleen, Payton and Quinn Nelson. " Arial; "Dear daughter of Marie and the late Leon DeMeyer. " Arial; "Also survived by her siblings Donald (Kay) DeMeyer, Diane (the late Richard) Ortscheid, Sally Swanson and Sam (st1:place w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"Sharon/st1:City/st1:place) DeMeyer. " Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi- Helvetica-Oblique"She is also survived byI /Imany nieces and nephewsI.I Crystal graduated from Moline High School, Moline, Illinois in 1964. In the early years of the computer era, she was a key punch operator and worked at John Deer International. She married Richard C. Nelson on September 23, 1967. After seminary training, the moved to Lake City, Michigan in 1972. In 1974, they were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Gina; and then in 1976, with their son Blake. They moved to Waterford in / " Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi- Helvetica-Oblique; January 1984. Crystal was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church where she was a member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America and for many years she served on the Altar Guild and the Funeral Lunch Committee. During her life she excelled and enjoyed: cross-stitch, cake decorating, cross-countryI /I/ " Arial; mso-bidi- Helvetica; skiing, gardening, quilting and baking. She was well known for her cookies./