Lincoln Journal Star (NE) - Wed, 17 July 1963
Funeral of an early Nebraskan, C. LeRoy Cherry, who came within one day of being born in a hillside dugout home, was to be held Wednesday at Epworth Methodist Church in Lincoln.
Mr. Cherry was the father of Dr. L. Dwight Cherry of Lincoln, L. Byron Cherry of Columbus, O., and Mrs. J. M. Short of El Sobrante, Calif.
Mr. Cherry, 85, one of the surviving veterans of the Nebraska blizzard of 1888, was born on a farm near DeWitt in 1878 and was a neighbor of the nation's first homesteader, Samuel Freeman.
The Cherry family moved from a dugout to a frame house just one day before Mr. Cherry's birth. The horse Mr. Cherry rode to school on was bought from Mr. Freeman.
Mr. Cherry, twin brother of E. LeGrande Cherry who predeceased him, was an active Methodist lay leader. He taught school and served as the principal of Wahoo High School, farmed in the Cortland, Adams and Peru areas, and before his death at the home of his daughter in California resided many years in Lincoln wife his wife Eva, who died two years ago.
He was active in YMCA work. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan after teaching school, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1908 at the age of 30.
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Funeral of an early Nebraskan, C. LeRoy Cherry, who came within one day of being born in a hillside dugout home, was to be held Wednesday at Epworth Methodist Church in Lincoln.
Mr. Cherry was the father of Dr. L. Dwight Cherry of Lincoln, L. Byron Cherry of Columbus, O., and Mrs. J. M. Short of El Sobrante, Calif.
Mr. Cherry, 85, one of the surviving veterans of the Nebraska blizzard of 1888, was born on a farm near DeWitt in 1878 and was a neighbor of the nation's first homesteader, Samuel Freeman.
The Cherry family moved from a dugout to a frame house just one day before Mr. Cherry's birth. The horse Mr. Cherry rode to school on was bought from Mr. Freeman.
Mr. Cherry, twin brother of E. LeGrande Cherry who predeceased him, was an active Methodist lay leader. He taught school and served as the principal of Wahoo High School, farmed in the Cortland, Adams and Peru areas, and before his death at the home of his daughter in California resided many years in Lincoln wife his wife Eva, who died two years ago.
He was active in YMCA work. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan after teaching school, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1908 at the age of 30.
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Lincoln Journal Star (NE) - Wed, 17 July 1963
Funeral of an early Nebraskan, C. LeRoy Cherry, who came within one day of being born in a hillside dugout home, was to be held Wednesday at Epworth Methodist Church in Lincoln.
Mr. Cherry was the father of Dr. L. Dwight Cherry of Lincoln, L. Byron Cherry of Columbus, O., and Mrs. J. M. Short of El Sobrante, Calif.
Mr. Cherry, 85, one of the surviving veterans of the Nebraska blizzard of 1888, was born on a farm near DeWitt in 1878 and was a neighbor of the nation's first homesteader, Samuel Freeman.
The Cherry family moved from a dugout to a frame house just one day before Mr. Cherry's birth. The horse Mr. Cherry rode to school on was bought from Mr. Freeman.
Mr. Cherry, twin brother of E. LeGrande Cherry who predeceased him, was an active Methodist lay leader. He taught school and served as the principal of Wahoo High School, farmed in the Cortland, Adams and Peru areas, and before his death at the home of his daughter in California resided many years in Lincoln wife his wife Eva, who died two years ago.
He was active in YMCA work. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan after teaching school, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1908 at the age of 30.
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Funeral of an early Nebraskan, C. LeRoy Cherry, who came within one day of being born in a hillside dugout home, was to be held Wednesday at Epworth Methodist Church in Lincoln.
Mr. Cherry was the father of Dr. L. Dwight Cherry of Lincoln, L. Byron Cherry of Columbus, O., and Mrs. J. M. Short of El Sobrante, Calif.
Mr. Cherry, 85, one of the surviving veterans of the Nebraska blizzard of 1888, was born on a farm near DeWitt in 1878 and was a neighbor of the nation's first homesteader, Samuel Freeman.
The Cherry family moved from a dugout to a frame house just one day before Mr. Cherry's birth. The horse Mr. Cherry rode to school on was bought from Mr. Freeman.
Mr. Cherry, twin brother of E. LeGrande Cherry who predeceased him, was an active Methodist lay leader. He taught school and served as the principal of Wahoo High School, farmed in the Cortland, Adams and Peru areas, and before his death at the home of his daughter in California resided many years in Lincoln wife his wife Eva, who died two years ago.
He was active in YMCA work. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan after teaching school, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1908 at the age of 30.
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