- Date Of Birth: October 16, 1925
- Date Of Death: April 30, 2018
- State: Florida
LORENZ E. NISSEN
Lorenz Eugene Nissen, widower of Katherine F. Nissen, and father of Kathie L. Oppedahl of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Larry W. Nissen of Merritt Island, Florida, left this earthly life on April 29, 2018, to be with God after a short, brave battle with cancer.
He was born in 1924 to Anton Mads Nissen and Pauline Fuelberth Nissen in 1925 in Page, Nebraska.
A 1943 graduate of Page High School, he enlisted in the Navy that year and was trained as a corpsman and was assigned to the Marine Corps, where he served honorably in the Pacific during World War II. While stationed at Camp Lejuene in 1944, he met Katherine F. Funderburg and after returning from the Pacific Theater, they were married in St.
They returned to Wilmington in 1954 where Lorenz became a member of the Wilmington Fire Department.
A long-time member of St.
Lorenz is predeceased by his wife, Katherine, of 67 years and four sisters, Louise Clark (Foy), Mabel Eby (Ray), Melda Weber (Esmond), June Webb (Lem) and three brothers Milton Nissen (Beryl), Donald Nissen (Doris) and Dale Nissen (Margaret). He is survived by his children, Kathie L. Oppedahl (Knut), a retired cardiac care nurse of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Larry W. Nissen (Carol), an oral and maxillofacial surgeon of Merritt Island, Florida. Other family survivors include grandchildren Katherine Tone of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Shannon Tinker of Titusville, Florida, Karol White of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ryan Smith (Jill) of Miami, Florida and Kevin Oppedahl (Terri) of Hiawatha, Iowa. Great grandchildren include Jennifer Haley (Jacob) of Baytown, Texas, Kelsey White, Christopher Oppedahl, Austin Tone and Annaleise Tone, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has one great, great grandson, Carter Dean Haley, of Baytown, Texas. Other relatives include 28 nieces and nephews and even more great nieces and nephews.
