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From page A5 of the Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Beatrice (NE) Daily Sun:
Walter Sherman LEMON, 74, Beatrice, Neb., died on Saturday, May 6,
2006, at
Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital, Lincoln, Neb. He was born on
March
13, 1932, in Beatrice, Neb. Walter attended grade school in Rockford,
Neb.,
and attended Beatrice High School. He built grain bins, and later
worked
construction and moved houses for Wes Berry. He served in the U.S. Army
as a
mechanic in the motor pool from 1952 to 1954 in Germany. He returned
home
and farmed the family farm and worked at Kees Manufacturing for 14
years as
a tool and die maker, press operator and maintenance. He married Rita
DIGGS
on August 29, 1965, in Beatrice. He worked as a Pinkerton and Guardsman
Guard and attended the boiler at Store Kraft in Beatrice, Neb. He
worked on
the line and drove delivery truck at The Bakery in Beatrice, and did
custom
haying in southeast Nebraska and northern Kansas. He owned and operated
Walt's Small Engine Sales and Service from 1979 to 1990. He was an
over-the-road truck driver from 1990 to 1995. He worked for the
Beatrice
Daily Sun as an independent contractor after retirement until the
present
time. Walter enjoyed fishing, woodworking, inventing new things, was an
avid
farmer and enjoyed going to auctions. He also loved country music and
visiting with friends.
Survivors: wife, Rita L. LEMON of Beatrice, Neb.; son, Lester E. LEMON
of
Beatrice, Neb.; daughter, Charlene L. HINTZ and husband, John J., of
Wymore,
Neb.; cousins; and many friends. Preceded in death: parents, Percy R.
and
Ethel A. (VAN NESS) LEMON; sister, Mary Louise LEMON; maternal and
paternal
grandparents; grandson, Henry Aaron HINTZ.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2006, at
Harman-Wright
Mortuary Chapel, 623 Elk Street, Beatrice, Neb. Burial: Prairie Home
Cemetery, Diller, Neb. Visitation: Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 8
a.m.
until time of service. Memorial has been established to the family with
the
mortuary in charge. Register book available online:
http://www.harmanwrightmortuary.com . Harman-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice,
in
charge of arrangements.
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