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William
West Barney, born 31 Oct 1922 in Kearney, Buffalo Co., NE. He died there
on Apr. 6, 1988. On Aug 24, 1947 he married Verna Davis in Lincoln,
NE. In Nov. of 1984 he was named Business Man of the Month as president of
the Barney Abstract & Title Co.
His obituary in the Kearney Daily Hub of Apr. 7, 1988 reads:
Graduated
from Kearney High School in 1939 and attended KSC. He graduated from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1947 and the University of Nebraska College of
Law in 1950. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He
was a registered abstractor and attorney in Kearney for 37 years.
His
memberships included: St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Kearney Elk's Lodge 984,
American legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chamber of Commerce, Rob Morris Lodge
#46, Royal Arch Masons, Fort Kearney Shrine Club, Tehama Shrine Temple, Buffalo
County Bar Association, Royal Order of Jesters, kearney Athletic Associates, KSC
and UNL Alumni Associations, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, nebraska
Abstractors Board of Examiners, Nebraska land Title Association and Kearney
Country Club. He was a past member of the Cosmopolitan Club, Sertoma, State
Executive Board of the Episcopal church and the City planning Commission.
He
was also former senior warden of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and past president
of the KSC Foundation. In addition to his wife, he is survived by daughter
Patricia Engdahl of North Platte; sons Richard of Corwin Springs, Mont., and
Kent of Kearney; six grandchildren; brother Warren of Kearney; and sisters Ema
Jane Link of Denver and Betty Lanigan of Santa Cruz, Calif. |
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