He attended Wranch School and graduated from Blair High School in 1931.
He married Okla L. Boggs May 30, 1938. After their marriage, they made their home in Fort Calhoun where he was co-owner of the Fort Calhoun Oil Company.
In 1939, after his mother's death, he returned to the family farm and resumed a farming career with his father. In 1944, the couple acquired their own farm in Richland Township where they remained until retirement and their move into Blair in 1982.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Blair and a 62-year member of the Masonic Lodge No. 10 in Fort Calhoun.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Walter, William, Rollo and John and sisters, Gertrude Merritt, Odile Cary and one who died in infancy.
He attended Wranch School and graduated from Blair High School in 1931.
He married Okla L. Boggs May 30, 1938. After their marriage, they made their home in Fort Calhoun where he was co-owner of the Fort Calhoun Oil Company.
In 1939, after his mother's death, he returned to the family farm and resumed a farming career with his father. In 1944, the couple acquired their own farm in Richland Township where they remained until retirement and their move into Blair in 1982.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Blair and a 62-year member of the Masonic Lodge No. 10 in Fort Calhoun.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Walter, William, Rollo and John and sisters, Gertrude Merritt, Odile Cary and one who died in infancy.
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