Orville L. Kern
Orville L. Kern, 78, of North Platte, died Feb. 18, 1999, at Centennial Park Nursing Home.
He was born on Nov. 14, 1920, at Boone, Iowa to Lloyd and Florence Lamb Kern. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1946. He came to North Platte in 1948 and remained until his death.
On May 6, 1949, he married Phyllis Gamble at the First Presbyterian Church in North Platte. He began working for Union Pacific railroad in 1948 and retired in 1980 as a crew dispatcher.
Mr. Kern was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and P.R. Halligan Post No. 163 of the American Legion. He was also a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. He loved to camp and fish.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Karen Pierson of Denver, Kathleen (Wes) Newtson of Benkelman and Keta (Matthew) Smith of North Platte; three sisters, Hazel West of Payson, Ariz., Lois (Albert) Teeters of Jamestown, Ohio, and Shirley (Henry) Geller of Langston, Pa.; two brothers, Harold (Alberta) of Omaha and Gaylord Dean (Betty) of Albuquerque, N.M.; nine grandchildren, Michael Pierson, Krystal Traver, Keta Newtson, Miranda Newtson, Katie Jo Newtson, Scott White, Sara Dolan, Lindsey Smith and J.C. Smith; and two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Jarib Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Charles; and a twin brother, Otto.
A memorial has been established to the Veteran’s Memorial.
His body was cremated.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Adams & Swanson Chapel with the Rev. Eric Meissner of the Messiah Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment of the cremains will take place at a later date.
Adams & Swanson Funeral Home is in charge.