Richard "Rick" L. Nelson

Richard “Rick” Lee Nelson, age 63, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021.

Rick (also known as Ferd, Batman, Uncle Dudley, and The Candy Man) was born July 22, 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a jack-of-all-trades and even had business cards printed to read “fixing other people’s repairs”. Rick worked in the auto industry for many years repossessing vehicles. He also worked for the U. S. Postal Service maintaining their machinery and loved doing side jobs with computer repair or IT services. If you had a computer issue, Rick was who you would call. He was a very generous and helpful person. He always had his tools handy, and would fix anything he saw that was loose or broken. He was a collector and everything had a use. He could refurbish or repurpose anything.

He is survived by his love, Wanona O’Reilly; children, Tiffany, Tosha, and Travis; grandchildren, Matthew, Kaylee, and Leah; siblings, Jack Carra, Phil Carra, Lucy Phipps, Frank Carra, and Suzie Hensley; aunts and uncles, Jim and Sharon Nelson, Jerry and Alice Nelson, John and Bonna Nelson, and Arlis Cudo; and many nieces, nephew, cousins, other loving family members, and friends.

Rick was preceded in death by parents, Janice Nelson and Lee and Eva Nelson; first wife, Norma Nelson; and his granddaughter, Stormie Lynn Nelson.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines. Funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 3, 2021, also at Hamilton’s, and will conclude with burial at West Cemetery in Panora, Iowa.

Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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