OMAHA — Robert A. Garrett, 89, of Minden died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Aksarben Village Retirement Home in Omaha.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minden with the Rev. Donald Hunzeker officiating. Private family burial will be at Minden Cemetery before the services. Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of arrangements.
Bob was born on Sept. 14, 1928, in Tabor, Iowa, to Elmer Addison and Alta Ruth (Timson) Garrett. He attended elementary and high schools in Tabor after which he attended Tarkio (Mo.) College.
In 1948, Bob came to Minden and became an employee of Trico Feed Mills. On Oct. 29, 1950, he was united in marriage to Shirley Rasmussen at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minden. Their three children are Georgette Jean, Timson Ross and Brent Addison.
Bob continued to work in the agricultural field as manager of alfalfa dehydrating plants in Audubon, Iowa, and Burlington, Iowa, and manager of Honegger Feed in Lincoln.
In 1964 the family returned to Minden, where Bob was manager of Trico Feed Mills. Then in 1973, he established Garrett Agency and began farming. He continued with his business and farming until a heart attack forced his retirement in 2017.
Bob was very active in community affairs. He was a Boy Scout leader, a member of the Airport Authority, past member and president of Optimists, and a member and past president of the Bethany Lutheran Church Council. He served 30 years on the Kearney County Hospital board, 32 years on the board of directors of First Bank and Trust and 34 years on the board of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.
Highlights of his life were earning his pilot’s license and flying, 53 years of season tickets to the Husker football games and his farming.
Survivors are his wife, Shirley of Minden; daughter, Georgette Garrett Smith and husband Charles Smith of Omaha; sons, Timson and wife Lezlie of Loveland, Colo., and Brent and wife Amy of Denver; grandchildren, Stephanie Smith Cota and husband David Cota, and Kimberly Smith Weiss and husband Joshua Weiss, all of Omaha, Tyson Garrett and wife Kaysa of Fort Collins, Colo., Trevor Garrett and wife Anne of Greeley, Colo., Kellie Garrett Davidson and husband Colter Davidson of Berthoud, Colo., Jake Garrett of Dallas and Ross Garrett of Denver; stepgrandsons, Pierce and Sumner Smith of Denver; great-grandchildren, Abby, Drew and Emily Cota, Sarah, Benjamin and Luke Weiss, Gabe, Brody, William and Elin Garrett, Alysia, Kaylee and Peyton Garrett and Riley, Molly and Addie Davidson.
Preceding Bob in death were his parents, two sisters and a brother.
OMAHA — Robert A. Garrett, 89, of Minden died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Aksarben Village Retirement Home in Omaha.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minden with the Rev. Donald Hunzeker officiating. Private family burial will be at Minden Cemetery before the services. Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of arrangements.
Bob was born on Sept. 14, 1928, in Tabor, Iowa, to Elmer Addison and Alta Ruth (Timson) Garrett. He attended elementary and high schools in Tabor after which he attended Tarkio (Mo.) College.
In 1948, Bob came to Minden and became an employee of Trico Feed Mills. On Oct. 29, 1950, he was united in marriage to Shirley Rasmussen at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minden. Their three children are Georgette Jean, Timson Ross and Brent Addison.
Bob continued to work in the agricultural field as manager of alfalfa dehydrating plants in Audubon, Iowa, and Burlington, Iowa, and manager of Honegger Feed in Lincoln.
In 1964 the family returned to Minden, where Bob was manager of Trico Feed Mills. Then in 1973, he established Garrett Agency and began farming. He continued with his business and farming until a heart attack forced his retirement in 2017.
Bob was very active in community affairs. He was a Boy Scout leader, a member of the Airport Authority, past member and president of Optimists, and a member and past president of the Bethany Lutheran Church Council. He served 30 years on the Kearney County Hospital board, 32 years on the board of directors of First Bank and Trust and 34 years on the board of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.
Highlights of his life were earning his pilot’s license and flying, 53 years of season tickets to the Husker football games and his farming.
Survivors are his wife, Shirley of Minden; daughter, Georgette Garrett Smith and husband Charles Smith of Omaha; sons, Timson and wife Lezlie of Loveland, Colo., and Brent and wife Amy of Denver; grandchildren, Stephanie Smith Cota and husband David Cota, and Kimberly Smith Weiss and husband Joshua Weiss, all of Omaha, Tyson Garrett and wife Kaysa of Fort Collins, Colo., Trevor Garrett and wife Anne of Greeley, Colo., Kellie Garrett Davidson and husband Colter Davidson of Berthoud, Colo., Jake Garrett of Dallas and Ross Garrett of Denver; stepgrandsons, Pierce and Sumner Smith of Denver; great-grandchildren, Abby, Drew and Emily Cota, Sarah, Benjamin and Luke Weiss, Gabe, Brody, William and Elin Garrett, Alysia, Kaylee and Peyton Garrett and Riley, Molly and Addie Davidson.
Preceding Bob in death were his parents, two sisters and a brother.
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