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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Dr. Louis Ericson - December 15, 2010
Dr. Louis L. “Eric” Ericson, 91, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. A memorial service was held Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, at Lutheran Church of the Master, Omaha. Interment of ashes was at Lincoln Mem. Park Cemetery, Lincoln.In keeping with Dr. Ericson’s wishes, donations may be made to any cause that reduces the suffering of man.
Louis Ericson was born June 26, 1919, in Stromsburg. He was a member of the St. Francis Memorial Hospital staff from 1951-1974. During the years of 1951-1953 he was called to active duty as the Chief of Surgery for the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., and served on the USS Sea Coral, Mediterranean.
Survivors include his wife, Grace Ericson of Elkhorn; children and spouses, Kevin Ericson of Denver, Colo., Kristin and Gary Manley, Jay and Sarah Ericson and Lisa Ericson of Omaha; and two grandchildren.
John A. Gentleman Pacific St. Chapel, Omaha, was in charge of arrangements.
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