Nels L. Clang

1934 - 2019

BORN

1934

DIED

2019

FUNERAL HOME

Carpenter Memorial Chapel - North Platte

1616 West B Street

North Platte, Nebraska

Nels Clang Obituary

Clang
NELS L. CLANG May 7, 2019
Nels L. Clang, 85, of North Platte, passed away May 7, 2019 at North Platte Care Center.
Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com.
A memorial has been established in his name.
Services will be at10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 16, at Bethel Church. Burial will follow at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 15 from 1 -7 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. at Carpenter memorial Chapel which is in care of arrangements.

Published by The Gazette on May 13, 2019.
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Sending love n hugs

Sharon (cousin) Welch

Family

January 4, 2020

My condolences to your family.
May you find peace and comfort during this sad time.
Psalms 25:16,17

June 1, 2019

Belated condolences to family and friends. Saddened to hear of his death.

May 28, 2019

I am so sorry for your loss. May you receive strength and comfort from God. "He will make you firm, he will make you strong, he will firmly ground you." - 1Peter 5:10

May 26, 2019

What a wonderful person. Loved his personality, wisdom, music & family.
My instructor at mid plains college class of 1972-3 in HVAC. Many great memories . Well
Be missed dearly.

Lucretia-Joe Jeff Daily

Family

May 24, 2019

I am so sorry for your loss. May the God who binds up the brokenhearted and comforts all who mourn, strengthen you during this difficult time. Isaiah 62:1,2. And may the beautiful hope of everlasting life give you comfort. John 17:3

RH Arizona

May 16, 2019

Sorry for your lose

kaitlyn hansen

May 15, 2019

So sorry for your loss! Keeping the Clang family in our thoughts and prayers. Nels was such a great person!

Russell & Dennis Poe and family

Friend

May 15, 2019

Nels was a very special person to our family and I'm so sorry to hear of his passing. He had a heart of gold and was always so caring and present when my parents (Bud & Phyllis Mayfield) were both ill. There is no doubt there is one heck of a jam session going on in heaven today.

Jody Mayfield - Ford

Friend

May 15, 2019

Rented a apartment from Nels and Loretta back in the early 70 while in college always enjoyed there music and their stories they will be missed.

Ed Cooley

May 14, 2019

Rodney Clang

May 14, 2019

To the Clang brothers and families, Roger and I were honored to have known your parents. We had great times at "the one horse ranch "hunting turkey and deer.
I loved sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and swapping stories.
Many a time Nels would fire up the soft serve ice cream machine and invite the neighbors over. Always fun.
Nels endured cold fingers while performing during Rail Fest activities at the park. He injoyed playing and he knew we injoyed listening.
Tenth and Chestnut was a great place to live.
God bless all of you. Roger and Linda A.

May 14, 2019

Nels played a important part in my husbands and my life with being a role model for God, family and life. He was generous, loving to many near and far, and he represented the best of what we all could be. He will be missed in this life but remembered for eternity.

Mike & Brenda Veith

Family

May 14, 2019

Thoughts and prayers to Nels family. He was a kind and generous person. I enjoyed every time he came into the music store and appreciated his talent as a luthier. He was an asset to this community and will be missed.

Angela Hipp

Friend

May 13, 2019

We were so sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. All out love and prayers to the whole family.

Eric and Lesia Gabel

May 13, 2019

So sorry to hear of the loss of Nels. He was a very kind man. Prayers to the family.

Cheryl, Marilyn, & Debra Rush

Family

May 12, 2019

a loved one

May 12, 2019

My deepest sympathy to the Clang family. Nels was a true friend to all of us who make music, and of course many many others too. I relished time with him, in awe of his kindness and know-how.

George Lauby

Friend

May 12, 2019

Im so sorry for your loss. I have many fond memories of Nels during my college years when he was my landlord. I pray for the family at this time of sadness, but you will see him again in our heavenly home.

Laura Lusk Paul

Acquaintance

May 12, 2019

Sorry to hear of your dad's passing. I was a student of his in 1975-1977. I walked into his class two weeks late, not even knowing what refrigeration was and he told me that I could do anything, I wanted. I've been in the HVAC trade for 44 years. Thank, Nels.

Greg Plantz
Stevensville, MT

Greg Plantz

Student

May 12, 2019

Sorry to read about Nels. Seems we've known all your families all our lives. We always enjoyed your families music. We use to see Nels at Arbys in N. P. late afternoon for coffee with a group. Thoughts and prayers to all his families.

Dorothy (Daily ) James

Friend

May 11, 2019

I am so sorry to hear about your Dad, Dr. Clang. He sounds like an amazing man

Joye Schneider

Friend

May 11, 2019

So sorry to hear of you fathers passing. Our heart and prayers go out to your family. Sound like he was a very extraordinary person.

Richard Keener

May 11, 2019

Sorry to read of your father's passing and send my sincere sympathy to you, Steph, & your children along with the rest of your families. Sandy Skillett

May 11, 2019

So sorry for your loss! Nels was a talented, kind, sweet, humble man and he will be greatly missed.

Brett & Martha Terry

Friend

May 10, 2019

Our sincere condolences to the family. May you find comfort in knowing that God collects our tears and is close to the brokenhearted ready to comfort us in our moment of need. - Psalm 56:8

F&D

May 10, 2019

I wqrked with nels at the college for many years,He encouraged me to play Music and take it to a whole new level,he was a great person ,we had a lot of laugh's ,I never heard a negative word from anybody from his co-workers or students,or anybody, He will me missed,From the lyrics of a Tom T hall song God likes a little pick'in to. What a great person. thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Tim golden

Friend

May 10, 2019

Nels was a wonderful person! I have so many memories of him visiting my Grandpa and Grandma Smets. And oh, how he loved music! My thoughts and prayers are to all of the family.

Allie Smith

Friend

May 10, 2019

We are sorry for your loss.

Scott & Rhonda Nelson

Coworker

May 10, 2019

There will be much written and said in the days to come about the life and legacy of Nels Clang, his lifelong love with Loretta and the richness of family life they cultivated together with a deep faith in God that was the center of their world, and the boundless source of cordiality they extended to friends and acquaintances they blessed throughout the years. None of anything shared will truly capture the deep warmth of the love Nels exhibited to every person in his life. It will only be felt and remembered.

Nels was simply an unassuming and remarkable man of intelligence, wisdom and depth. He was a gentleman in every way and as pleasant and positive a person as has ever lived. He touched lives and hearts with a craftsmanship every bit as masterful as his skills as a luthier and musician.

As a childhood friend of James Clang, I was blessed to spend time with Nels and Loretta as a second family growing up. We traveled together, played music together and cheered Husker football win or lose, on fall Saturdays in their living room and in Memorial Stadium. Birthdays and pizza parties and church gatherings were incomplete without Nels' wry wit and ever present laughter. His smile filled the room with as much joy as his fiddle and guitar.

In understated moments of conversation, Nels' natural gifts as a teacher and the wisdom of his life made him an compassionate listening ear in challenges, large and small. While his small town Nebraska work ethic was evident in everything he touched and accomplished, Nels would be the last to say any of this about himself because he was a humble man of Godly character who led his sons and their children in consistent example of the vibrant relationship with the Savior he loved and taught them to cherish in equal measure. His music, his humor and his gentle strength were a blessing to everyone privileged to know him and call him a friend. And I did.

He was a father to me.

I can only think that heaven now enjoys far better versions of Orange Blossom Special and Wabash Cannonball, and the very best handmade guitars to accompany the choir. Most of all, Loretta has her best friend at her side once again.

My fondest condolences to the Clang family and especially to my friend and brother James, in this time of remembrance of a man who lived life fully and well.

Shad Olson

Shad Olson

Friend

May 9, 2019

Nels was a great , gentle and wonderful friend and we are so blessed to have know Nels and all the family for many years . We are so sorry for your loss, he has a wonderful family left behind.
We care and pray for all of you! Don and Sharon Shuler and family

sharon shuler

Friend

May 9, 2019

I was Nels' Loretta's Pastor in the early 70s They were great people. I will miss his music.

Melvin Brown

Friend

May 9, 2019

Nels was a wonderful man, a true gentleman. My thoughts are with his family. I know warm memories will bring them peace.

Connie Griebel

Friend

May 9, 2019

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