Al Nelson made sure Minneapolis kids in need had s

Al Nelson made sure Minneapolis kids in need had shoes
They also gave jobs to hungry youngsters, let homebound folks take a bunch of pairs of shoes home to try on and stood by ill employees, according to a March 1985 article in the Star Tribune.
In the late 1930s, Nelson graduated with a chemistry degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., where he grew up.
He began working at the family shoe store in 1939,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], around the time he married Laura Narum. He went off to war in 1942,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], serving as a skipper of a minesweeper in the Pacific.
In 1946,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not long after Nelson returned to Minneapolis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a 40-year partnership began when Al Nelson,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his wife,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Laura,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], her sister Margaret Narum Saterstrom and Margaret's husband,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Stan Saterstrom, took over the family business. It had been co-founded by Nelson's mother-in-law, Marie (Thune) Narum,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in 1912.
Nelson's wife died in 2004; his sister-in-law in 2000.
"We were partners for 40 years and we were still talking to each other,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Stan Saterstrom said.
Nelson was a good communicator who believed in his employees and had a knack for getting good employees,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his brother-in-law said.
Together,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the foursome golfed, shared a lake home a few months out of the year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], raised kids and sang in the choir at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
In 1985, around the time of the store's closing, Nelson credited the sisters -- who began working in the store by the age of 12 -- with the partnership's success.
"This is the only place where wives taught their husbands the business and they're still married,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Nelson told the Star Tribune at the time. "It's due to our wives. They have the greatest ability to get along."
Richard Erickson of Golden Valley first met Nelson 60 years ago when his parents took him shoe-shopping,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"You could be assured of a good fit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Erickson,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who even as a former Dayton's executive continued to buy shoes at Narum's. "The store was big on service,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said.
Nelson served in leadership roles in business and community groups,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including the Greater Lake Street Council,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Southtown Exchange Club and the Boy Scouts of America.
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