E. L. (LEW) STOKES, 64
Elwin Louis, soon to be known as Lew or E.L., was born June 7, 1927 in Crofton, Nebraska to Louis A. and Tresa L (Noecker) Stokes. His father was a merchant, and ran a grocery store.
He married Dee, and they were blessed with three daughters and a son.
He was a chief deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department; was a former deputy chief of the Omaha Police Division; and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving in the Marines from Sept. 24, 1945-Sept. 23, 1949.
Services were Wednesday, August 21 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Omaha for E. L. (Lew) Stokes, 64. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steve.
Left with memories are his wife, Dee; daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine and John Bintner and Susan and Dennis Binder; a daughter, Patricia Stokes; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Perly Schoville; Kriss and Tom Shaffer; Denise and Bob Manners; Valerie and Kirk Wiles; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ron and Dinah Stokes of Encinitas, California; David and Rita Stokes, Blair; grandchildren, Adam, Scott, Lenette, Michaela, Sasha, Leah, Heath, Chad, Travis, Rachael, Sarah, Joshua, Jacob, Janna and Kirk; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may go to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann Dworak-Cutler, Omaha, Nebraska in service to the family.
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National Archives; Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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Elwin Louis, soon to be known as Lew or E.L., was born June 7, 1927 in Crofton, Nebraska to Louis A. and Tresa L (Noecker) Stokes. His father was a merchant, and ran a grocery store.
He married Dee, and they were blessed with three daughters and a son.
He was a chief deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department; was a former deputy chief of the Omaha Police Division; and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving in the Marines from Sept. 24, 1945-Sept. 23, 1949.
Services were Wednesday, August 21 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Omaha for E. L. (Lew) Stokes, 64. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steve.
Left with memories are his wife, Dee; daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine and John Bintner and Susan and Dennis Binder; a daughter, Patricia Stokes; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Perly Schoville; Kriss and Tom Shaffer; Denise and Bob Manners; Valerie and Kirk Wiles; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ron and Dinah Stokes of Encinitas, California; David and Rita Stokes, Blair; grandchildren, Adam, Scott, Lenette, Michaela, Sasha, Leah, Heath, Chad, Travis, Rachael, Sarah, Joshua, Jacob, Janna and Kirk; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may go to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann Dworak-Cutler, Omaha, Nebraska in service to the family.
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National Archives; Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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E. L. (LEW) STOKES, 64
Elwin Louis, soon to be known as Lew or E.L., was born June 7, 1927 in Crofton, Nebraska to Louis A. and Tresa L (Noecker) Stokes. His father was a merchant, and ran a grocery store.
He married Dee, and they were blessed with three daughters and a son.
He was a chief deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department; was a former deputy chief of the Omaha Police Division; and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving in the Marines from Sept. 24, 1945-Sept. 23, 1949.
Services were Wednesday, August 21 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Omaha for E. L. (Lew) Stokes, 64. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steve.
Left with memories are his wife, Dee; daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine and John Bintner and Susan and Dennis Binder; a daughter, Patricia Stokes; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Perly Schoville; Kriss and Tom Shaffer; Denise and Bob Manners; Valerie and Kirk Wiles; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ron and Dinah Stokes of Encinitas, California; David and Rita Stokes, Blair; grandchildren, Adam, Scott, Lenette, Michaela, Sasha, Leah, Heath, Chad, Travis, Rachael, Sarah, Joshua, Jacob, Janna and Kirk; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may go to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann Dworak-Cutler, Omaha, Nebraska in service to the family.
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National Archives; Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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Elwin Louis, soon to be known as Lew or E.L., was born June 7, 1927 in Crofton, Nebraska to Louis A. and Tresa L (Noecker) Stokes. His father was a merchant, and ran a grocery store.
He married Dee, and they were blessed with three daughters and a son.
He was a chief deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department; was a former deputy chief of the Omaha Police Division; and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving in the Marines from Sept. 24, 1945-Sept. 23, 1949.
Services were Wednesday, August 21 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Omaha for E. L. (Lew) Stokes, 64. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steve.
Left with memories are his wife, Dee; daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine and John Bintner and Susan and Dennis Binder; a daughter, Patricia Stokes; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Perly Schoville; Kriss and Tom Shaffer; Denise and Bob Manners; Valerie and Kirk Wiles; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ron and Dinah Stokes of Encinitas, California; David and Rita Stokes, Blair; grandchildren, Adam, Scott, Lenette, Michaela, Sasha, Leah, Heath, Chad, Travis, Rachael, Sarah, Joshua, Jacob, Janna and Kirk; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may go to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann Dworak-Cutler, Omaha, Nebraska in service to the family.
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National Archives; Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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