Thursday, December 30, 2004

Donald D. Lehl

Birth

7 Nov 1919

Fort Morgan, Morgan County, Colorado, USA

Death

28 Dec 2004 (aged 85)

McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA

Burial

Memorial Park Cemetery

McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska

 

Donald D. Lehl, 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at his home in McCook. Donald was born Nov. 7, 1919, to Conrad and Katie (Arndt) Lehl in Fort Morgan, Colo.

Since 1922, he had lived mainly in McCook. He attended McCook High School and graduated with the class of 1937. He attended the University of Iowa.

On Aug. 21, 1939, he married Mary Estaline Phelps in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. To this union three children were born.

Donald served in the U. S. Air Force during World War II in the European Theater from January 1943 to October 1945 as a maintenance technician on B-17's.

Donald owned and operated Lehl Plumbing in McCook for 25 years. After he closed his business, he worked for Anderson Plumbing in Kearney from 1970- 1980.

Donald was a member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, the Elks and he volunteered at the food pantry.

Donald was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Henry and Raymond Lehl; and sister, Eileen Loose.

Survivors are: wife, Mary Lehl of McCook; children, Donna Baum of Lubbock, Texas, Charlie Lehl of Lincoln and Mary Jane Lentz and husband, Lin of St. Louis, Mo; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, McCook, NE.

Thursday, December 30, 2004
McCook Daily Gazette