Neil R. Nelson MD, 67, of Gibson City passed away Thursday October 22, 2026, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Visitation will be held 2:00-5:30 pm Monday November 2, 2026, at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City followed by a funeral service at 5:30 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to Gibson Area Hospital – EMT.
Neil was born March 2, 1959, in Gibson City. The only child of Robert an Elinor Wollenschlager Nelson. He is survived by his mother Elinor Nelson of Gibson City, an Uncle Melvin (Linda) Wollenschlager of Bloomington and five cousins. He was preceded in death by his father.
Neil was a 1977 graduate of Gibson City High School. Neil attended Parkland college and became an EMT and enjoyed that for many years. He then studied at the University of Iowa and graduated with his pharmaceutical degree in 1983. This was not enough, and he wanted to be able to give more to his community and enrolled at the University of Illinois to study medicine and then studied internal medicine and Pediatrics at Loyola University graduating in 1994. After graduation Neil returned to Gibson City where he opened his own practice at #8 Doctor’s Park.
When Neil was five years old, the famil...