Nelson, Loren Stanley – age 80 of Shubenacadie, peacefully passed away in Colchester East Hants Health Centre on December 16, 2025 with his daughter, Janie and son-in-law, Adam by his side.
Born to Thelma Vivian Nelson (Campbell) and Sydney Blackburn Nelson in a little farmhouse at the end of Parker Road in Mill Village, Loren was one of 11 children. Growing up, Loren worked and played on the farm, sledding on the back fields in the winter, and skating the Rines brook all the way to Sipekne’katik and back. In the summers, he would lay under the huge elm on the farm, and daydream about what his future life would look like.
Growing up on the farm, Dad became a ‘jack of all trades’, and if you couldn’t afford it, you either built it or made it. A skill and motto he used various times throughout his life.
Dad worked at various jobs after he got married but spent the most time working as a heavy-duty mechanic for the Department of Highways until his retirement. His real passion, however, were antique cars.
He had fond memories of his black and yellow 1957 Ford Fairlane and his beloved 1945 Ford truck, iconic red, that he in his own words “built from the chassis up”. He was a Ford man through and through.
Dad leaves a huge hole in the hearts of the people he leaves behind, daughter, Janie (Adam Isenor); son, Gary Nelson; grandsons, Austin, Trenton, Gage, Rhys and Ewan and his “Gampie’s boy”, Brandon. Dad also leaves behind his grand-doggies, Sophie and Sadie who always happily “cleaned his glasses” for him. Dad also leaves behind his sisters, Marion Schofield, Sylvia Fisher, Cora Weir; and his brother, Darrell.
Besides his parents, Dad was predeceased by his brothers, Gerald, Otis, Seward and Albert; and his sisters, Millie and Linda.
In lieu of a funeral service, I encourage you all in Dad’s memory to go for a Sunday Drive, because in his own words “Sundays don’t last that long.”
Love you, Dad. I’ll miss you bigs. Eskimo kisses forever. ~ Janie xoxo
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