Audrey Nelson

January 27, 1933 — October 17, 2024

Provo – Audrey Broadhead Nelson entered this world on a wintery January morning in the year 1933. She left this mortal experience on a fine autumn evening this October 2024 surrounded by her loved ones. Audrey was predeceased by her father, Glen David Broadhead, and mother, Clarice Williams from southern Alberta Canada, her loving husband of 67 years, George Edgar Nelson, her older sister, Marcene Pontarollo, a younger brother, Ronald Broadhead, and her youngest son, John David Nelson. She is survived by four siblings; Marilyn (Gerald) Beazer, Randy (Linda) Broadhead, Rita (Michael) Shaw, and Jim (Kelli) Broadhead all from southern Alberta, a spot on this earth dear to Audrey’s heart and where she grew up. Audrey is the dedicated mother of six children, two daughters and 4 sons: Debra (Rockie) Palmer from Ontario Canada, George D. (Leslie) Nelson from Provo Utah, Brian (Janet) Nelson from Hurricane Utah, Don (Dot) Nelson from Orem Utah, Sara (David) Graff from O’ahu Hawaii, and John (predeceased) (Michelle) Nelson from Stansbury Park Utah. She leaves a large and grateful prodigy in her stead consisting of 57 grandchildren (including their spouses), plus 84 great-grandchildren, and still counting. We come from, and continue, “a long line of love”. David Batchelor is her surviving husband. Throughout her life, Audrey worked as an Expressive Artist, in every sense of that title. She excelled at visual, fabric, and culinary arts, the written word, storytelling, sang with a strong, sweet, true contralto in duets, quartets and choirs, and was a choral director extraordinaire from western to eastern Canada and from eastern to western United States. Audrey has the world’s best laugh, could entice even a rock to sing, and offers love to everyone she encounters. The brilliant Albert Einstein impeccably defined people like this talented and loving woman, “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Despite her personal life-long challenges, and without exaggeration, Audrey used her many talents to uplift and enlighten lives from her home to her faith-filled church and community service to her places of employment. Everything and everyone privileged to have associated with Audrey is better for it. We are grateful, so grateful, for being allowed to share parts of this fine lady’s life, even as we look through lonesome tears right now. Our family wishes to warmly thank the kind staff at Legacy Village and all who assisted this dear woman in anyway through the last trying years of her life. We trust that she is having a joyous reunion with our beloved Savior, Jesus Christ, and family and friends who were eagerly awaiting her arrival on the other side.