U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Lucille Marsh
BROKEN BOW - Lucille Marsh, 82, of Broken Bow, formerly of Ansley, died Friday, July 24, 1998, at Heritage Hall at Broken Bow.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Ansley. The Rev. Jim Ferguson will officiate. Burial will be in Douglas Grove cemetery at Comstock.
Visitation will be from noon to time of service on Thursday at the church. Rhoad Funeral Home of Sargent is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to the church in Ansley.
Clarence Oxford
BROKEN BOW - Clarence Oxford, 82, of Broken Bow died Monday, July 27, 1998, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow with the Rev. Walt Collins officiating. Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Govier Brothers Funeral Home of Broken Bow.
Fred Spady
HASTINGS - Fred Spady, 86, of Hastings died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at his home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Brand-Wilson Chapel at Hastings. The Rev. David Cornett will officiate. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to childrenis charities.
Mr. Spady was born July 15, 1912, at Hastings to henry and Pauline Spady. He attended Hastings schools. He first worked as a Hastings Tribune carrier on the Highline Route.
He married
Mabel Denton on June 3, 1933. Mrs. Spady died Oct. 1, 1995. He operated Fred Spady Motors Hastings dealership for 25 years. He also started numerous dealerships in Nebraska with his sons.
He was employed by the circulation department of the Hastings Tribune. Part of his job was to carry newspapers to subscribers who lived in towns along what, in the 1930s, was known as the 'high line.' Much of the time he transported the newspapers in the sidecar of his motorcycle.
Later he acquired a truck and used that to make his deliveries. He soon added another truck and used both for hauling merchandise as well as newspapers. After the truck line was well established, he devoted his full time to that business and continued to serve such towns as Heartwell, Axtell and Minden and others as far as Eustis.
He sold the trucking business in 1941 and joined the sales department of the Phil Worthing Motor Co., a Hastings dealer for Plymouth-DeSoto.
In 1942, he entered the U.S. Army. After his discharge he rejoined the Worthing Firm, purchasing it a short time later. In 1955, he purchased the Oldsmobile agency which was at Third and Denver. He later bought the Buick franchise and consolidated it with the Olds agency.
He was a lifetime member of Second Presbyterian Church of Hastings, where he had been on the board of trustees and an elder. He was a member of the New Car Dealers Association, Hastings New Car Dealers Association and 54-year member of Elks.
Survivors include two daughters, Marlene (Mrs. Bill) Skeen of Littleton, Colo., and Pam (Mrs. Joe) Castleberry of Lake Head, Calif.; five sons, Jerry, Vic and Paul of Hastings, Bob of North Platte and Rick of Beatrice; two sisters, Millie Trenholm of Wheatridge, Colo., and Mary Sweeney of Anaheim, Calif.; 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Henry; and four sisters, Pauline Personne, Tina Spady, Mabel Spady and Lydia McDonald.
Wayne Lanman
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - William Wayne Lanman, 81, of Cheyenne, Wyo., formerly of Wood River, died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at the United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne, following a brain injury resulting from a fall at his home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Apfel Funeral Home Wood River. The Rev. John McKinnley will officiate. Burial will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with Masonic Lodge No. 211 rites at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, the Shrineris Childrenis Hospital, the Wood River cemetery Fund, or donoris favorite charity.
Mr. Lanman was born near Ringling, Mont. on Aug. 6, 1916, to William and Lena (Sheeks) Lanman. In 1918, the family moved to Wood River where Mr. Lanmanis father worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. He graduated from Wood River High School in 1934 and attended Creighton University beginning studies to be a pharmacist.
He married
Grace 'Sybil' Wade in Wood River on March 16, 1941.
In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served during World War II as a medical-pharmacist mate, stationed at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his discharge from the Navy on Oct. 18, 1945.
After the war the couple lived in Wood River, where they worked in the Bank of Wood River. Mr. Lanman began working for the First National Bank in Grand Island in 1952.
He became a bank officer in 1954 and the family moved to Grand Island in 1956. He retired from banking after 35 years in 1976. At the time of his retirement he was assistant vice president and investment officer.
In 1989, the Lanmans moved to Aurora, Colo., to be closer to their family. In March 1998, they moved to Cheyenne, Wyo., where their daughter lived.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 211, the Order of Eastern Star, Central Nebraska Shrine, V.F.W. and American Legion.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Sandra (Mrs. James) House of Cheyenne, Wyo.; a son, Wendell of Parker, Colo.; three granddaughters; and one brother, Melvin Lanman of Denver, Colo.
He was preceded in death by an infant son.
'Toots' Luft
"Toots" Susan Opal Luft, 92, of Grand Island died Sunday, May 2, 1999, at Wedgewood Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home. The Rev. Alan Davis will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Shelby Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m., with family greeting friends from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Cairo United Methodist Church or the donor's choice.
Benjamin Augustyn
ORD -- Benjamin F. Augustyn, 92, of Ord died Sunday, May 2, 1999, at the Valley County Nursing Home in Ord.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. The Revs. James Warner and Andrew Augustyn will officiate. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., with a rosary at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at Ord Memorial Chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Mary's Catholic School.
Irene Daily
BROKEN BOW -- Irene M. Daily, 78, of Broken Bow died Monday, May 3, 1999, at Sandhills Manor Nursing Home in Broken Bow.
Services are pending with Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.
Donald Koger
BURWELL -- Donald Dee Koger, 48, of Burwell died Monday, May 3, 1999, at the Valley County Hospital in Ord of an apparent heart attack.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Burwell. The Rev. Greg Volzke will officiate. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Eberle-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell.
Memorials are suggested to Erin's College Fund, the Burwell Community Fund in care of Library Improvement or the Burwell Ambulance Supply Fund.
Fern Lavelle
CENTRAL CITY -- Fern Goldy Lavelle, 94, of Central City, formerly of Clarks, died Monday, May 3, 1999, at Integrated Health Systems in Central City.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Solt Funeral Home in Central City. The Rev. Gil Larsen will officiate. Inurnment will be at the Osceola Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Nebraska Christian Schools.
Miss Lavelle was born on Nov. 6, 1904, in Polk County to William Henry and Nellie Mabel (Sherwood) Lavelle. She graduated from Clarks High School in 1924 and then taught at District 83 School in Merrick County.
She moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for the Railroad Retirement Board for a year. She was transferred to Chicago and worked with the Railroad Board for more than 30 years.
After her retirement from the railroad in 1978, she traveled throughout the world with the North Shore Baptist Church for the next 10 years. She was among the first group allowed into China.
Miss Lavelle enjoyed reading, taking walks and maintaining correspondence with her friends.
Survivors include her brother, Eugene Lavelle of Clarks.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.
