Roy Earl Owen
Obituary -Thursday, June 4, 1987  
OWEN - Services were held May 26 in Crete in Kuncl Funeral Home for Roy 
Earl Owen, who passed away May 23 at the age of 95 at Crete Manor. Services 
were conducted by the Rev. Ed Bonneau and by Masonic Lodge No. 110 of Ashland.

Interment was in Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Dale Bruha, Gail Woodside, 
N. I. Kempsnider, Don Schlaepler, LeRoy Smith, Robert Behrens, and John Schwartz. 
Roy was born on a farm near Memphis on May 26, 1891. He was the son of Rosa A. 
and Ella Harrison Owen. He was married to Emma Ziegenbein on Feb. 12, 1913. 
They were the parents of one son, Herbert.
 
They moved to Crete in 1942, where Owen was based as a game warden. Mr. and 
Mrs. Owen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1963. She preceded him in death 
in 1971. His son, Herbert died in 1977. Owen was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He 
received a 60-year membership pin in March 1986. Other memberships included the Izaak 
Walton League of America, the I. O. O. F. Lodge, the Nebraska Peace Officers Association, 
and Grace United Methodist Church.
 
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Edna of San Diego; grandson, Marlin Owen 
of LaMirada, Calif.; granddaughters, Barbara Schwartz of Ithaca, N. Y., and Marilyn Gray of 
Green Bay, Wisc.; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
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