Nelson L. Roes

Nelson attended country school on the West Road and Lowville Academy, and worked on area farms. He and his wife purchased a dairy farm in Denmark, which they operated for six years before moving to Castorland where he worked for Climax Manufacturing. He started a small farm equipment dealership at their home in Castorland, and moved the business to Route 26 in Lowville where he built Roes Equipment Company, operating the business until the early 1980s.

Nelson was a charter member of Naumburg Mennonite Church, where he had served as Bible school superintendent, and was a member of Naumburg Mennonite Church Council. He was chairman of Sonlight Missions in Haiti, actively doing mission work since the mid-1960s, and had been on well over 150 mission trips to Haiti.

Nelson loved to watch birds, and put puzzles together. He enjoyed playing card games and watching his family playing ball.