Murray Dean Nelsen was born August 25, 1935 in Ponca City, OK, and graduated in 1952 from Ponca City High School. He began his college education at Northern Oklahoma Junior College and finished his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Engineering at Wichita State University. He worked for the Boeing Company from 1958 to retirement in 1996 as the V.P. Director of Operations. He passed away at age 87 on September 4th, 2022. He was the son of late H.P. and Christina Nelsen of Ponca City, OK. Dean was the husband of Diana (Walker) Nelsen from 1957 to 2017 and later the husband of Melba Joy (Gamble) Nelsen from 2020 to 2022. Dean is survived by 5 children: Richard Nelsen (May) of Wichita; John Nelsen of Wichita; Catherine Mitby (Byron) of Wichita; Kenneth Nelsen (Jennifer) of rural Valley Center, KS; and, Luke Nelsen (Tara) of Kingman, KS.

Dean is survived by 5 grand children of whom the 2 oldest are through Richard Nelsen and 3 youngest are through Kenneth Nelsen, named in order of birth as Laila Johnson, Audra Biggerstaff, Gracie Nelsen, and the twins Lillie Nelsen and Mollie Nelsen. Four great grand children total with 2 of them through Laila Johnson being Benjamin and Julia while the other 2 through Audra Biggerstaff being Adam and Aspen.

A Funeral Service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Sat, Sept 10, 2022, at Northside Church of Christ 4545 N. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67204 and a Graveside service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sat, Sept 10th, 2022, at IOOF Cemetery 1206 S. Waverly, Ponca City, OK. A Memorial has been established with: Carpenter Place 1501 N. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67203.

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