(OBITUARY) HAROLD DELBERT OLHSON WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 1921, THE OLDEST OF SIX CHILDREN BORN TO CARL OHLSON AND LILLIAN "BEDE" OHLSON OF BARTLEY, NE., AND DEPARTED THIS WORLD ON APRIL 2, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
HE WAS A GENERAL FARM HAND AND SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT IN BARTLEY BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY ON JULY 28, 1942 AND SERVING IN WORLD WAR II AS A TRUCK DRIVER. AFTER HIS SIX MONTHS TRAINING IN THE U.S. HE WAS SENT TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF WAR WHERE HE SERVED IN THE ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGN, SOUTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGN, AND THE RHINELAND CAMPAIGN AND EARNED THE EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE STARS AND THE FOUR OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS. IN APRIL OF 1945 HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEFT KNEE AND SOON RETURNED BY AIR TO THE WINTER GENERAL HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA, KS AND GIVEN A MEDICAL DISCHARGE ON AUGUST 30, 1945.
ON NOVEMBER 6, 1948, HAROLD WAS UNITED TO LUCILLE A. CLOUSE OF BARTLEY, NE. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN TWO DAUGHTERS MARILYN LAYTON AND CHERYL CARBAUGH OF HOLDREGE, NE.
HE BELONGED AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS PLUMCREEK POST, POST #5136 OF LEXINGTON, NE. HAROLD WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES. AERIE #2769 OF McCOOK, NE., AND THE AMERICAN LEGION LANNING POST #111 OF LEXINGTON, NE. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
HAROLD'S KNEE INJURY FROM THE SERVICE GAVE HIM TROUBLE IN LATER YEARS NEEDING THREE SURGERIES. HE ALSO HAD A HEART ATTACK IN 1973. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS BATTLING EMPHYSEMA AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS GERALD IN CHILDHOOD AND ELBURN "ELB" IN 1991.
SURVIVORS LEFT TO MISS HIM ARE DAUGHTERS, MARILYN LAYTON AND HER HUSBAND MIKE OF HOLDREGE AND THEIR SON MARK OF BREMERTON, WA; CHERYL CARBAUGH AND HER FAMILY ANGELA, TANYA, JERMY, AND CHRISTOPHER; THEIR MOTHER LUCILLE OHLSON OF HOLDREDGE; BROTHER STANLEY "BUB" OHLSON OF McCOOK; DON OHLSON OF OSHKOSH; SISTER BONELLE ROMINE OF VANCOUVER, WA AND SISTER-IN-LAW LaVONNE OHLSON OF McCOOK. AND ALL THE FRIENDS HAROLD MET IN PAST YEARS OF SELLING WATERMELONS AROUND THE HOLDREGE AREA.
SERVICES WERE HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997 AT 2:00 p.m. WITH THE NORTH PLATTE VETERAN HONOR GUARD. CHAPLAIN NORVILLE HOLTMEIER OFFICIATING.
FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR HIS REMAINS AT FORT McPHERSON NATIONAL CEMETERY AT MAXWELL, NE.
LOCKENOUR-JONES FUNERAL HOME OF CAMBRIDGE WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
(OBITUARY) JOHN JOSEPH CLOUSE, 51, 2448 MONTANA 35, DIED AT KALISPELL, MONTANA REGINAL HOSPITAL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HE WAS BORN JAN. 2, 1932, IN BARTLEY, NEBR., A SON OF G. H. AND SOPHIA CLOUSE. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN NEBRASKA, AND SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE MOVED TO THE FLATHEAD VALLEY IN 1953 AND WAS ENGAGED IN RANCHING OPERATIONS. HE SERVED ON THE CRESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND ALSO ON THE CRESTON SCHOOL BOARD. ON JUNE 25, 1955, HE MARRIED EILLEEN WIEFERICH IN KALISPELL.
CLOUSE WAS A CATHOLIC. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, EILLEEN AT HOME; TWO SONS, JAMES JOHN AND ANTHONY JOSEPH BOTH AT HOME; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. MARK (CYNTHIA) PASSMORE AND MRS. STEVE (SUSAN) PETERS BOTH OF KALISPELL, AND LISA CLOUSE AT HOME; HIS MOTHER, SOPHIA CLOUSE OF HOLDREGE, NEBR.; A BROTHER, HAROLD CLOUSE, LOVELAND, COLO.; TWO SISTERS, HELEN SOLBERG OF LOS ANGELES, CALIF. AND LUCILLE OLSON OF HOLDREGE, NEB.; TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ROSARY FOR CLOUSE WILL BE RECITED AT 8 P.M. ON FRIDAY IN THE JOHNSON CHAPEL. MASS OF THE RESURRECTION WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 10:30 A.M. ON SATURDAY IN ST. MATTHEW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH THE REV. FATHER EMMETT O'NEILL AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL WILL BE IN CONRAD MEMORIAL CEMETERY. THE FAMILY SUGGESTS MEMORIALS BE MADE TO THE YELLOWSTONE BOYS RANCH OF BILLINGS.
Marriage Notes for John Joseph Clouse and Eilleen R. WIEFERICH-350315
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