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Curtis Dale Alexander, 68, died May 14, 2014 at his home in Dodge, NE after a yearlong battle with multiple myeloma. Curt was born in rural Bloomfield, NE on April 15, 1946. His parents were Dale Alexander and Marjorie (Kruse) Alexander and he grew up on their farm north of Bloomfield. He was the eldest of eight children. Curt spent his elementary years in rural school and graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1964.

Working on interstate road construction in western Nebraska, he met his future spouse, Irene May Keiper. They were married in Sidney, NE on October 10, 1970 and returned to Curt's hometown of Bloomfield to live shortly after. The following year, Curt took a new job with the local telephone company and within a few months was transferred to a position in Elgin, NE. Curt again transferred within the same company to Creighton, NE in 1974. Curt and Irene spent the next thirteen years in Creighton, working and playing hard and raising their children.

Curt served twelve years with the volunteer fire department in Creighton, and was also a volunteer EMT. He was elected to the City Council, where he served six years, part as council president. Curt was the charter president of the local Jaycee chapter. He spearheaded a project to obtain and restore a World War II plane for display in the Creighton city park and was active in many other community activities.

Curt took a promotion to local manager for Great Plains Communications in Dodge, NE in 1987. He became district manager in 1999, and remained in that position until his retirement at the end of 2007. He worked for the same company for thirty-six years. After retirement, Curt and Irene continued to reside in Dodge but spent time traveling and enjoying winters at Casa Del Valle resort in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas. Curt enjoyed golf, fishing, metal detecting and spending time with his grandchildren.

Curt was preceded in death by his parents.

Curt is survived by his wife Irene, one son and one daughter, four grandchildren, six sisters and one brother, and nieces and nephews.

At Curt's request, there was no funeral service, but a celebration of life was held at the Community Center in Bloomfield on July 13, 2014. Some of Curt's ashes were interred on his parent's grave site in the Bloomfield Cemetery and some remain with his wife to be placed with hers upon her death.