John F. Lillie
April 4, 2008
John was born October 20, 1943 in Fremont to Wallace and Blanche 'Kriz' Lillie. He has been a Fremont resident all his life, attending Fremont schools, and graduating from Fremont High in 1961. Then he attended Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma
On March 26, 1966, John was married in Fremont to Caren Dickerson. They had owned and operated Victory Service on West Military Street before he went to work for Oilgear here in Fremont. This past December he began his 29th year of employment with Oilgear.
John was a member of the First Christian Church and was currently serving as an Elder. He had been part of his church group, along with other church groups, that traveled to Post Arthur, Texas to work with Habitat for Humanity, to help with the Katrina cleanup. John had served in the National Guard from 1969 to 1975, and was a member of American Legion Post 20.
Survivors: wife - Caren
son - Jason Lillie of Cedar Bluffs, and special friend Becky Kerwin
daughter - Tahnee and husband David Siders of Omaha
grandson - Dillon Siders of Omaha
mother - Blanche Lillie of Fremont
sister - Virginia and husband N. Dwain Acker of Omaha
special children - Sam Heineman and Gessica Gdowski
nieces and nephews
John was preceded in death by his father Wallace Lillie.
The funeral service will be 2 PM Wednesday (April 9th) at the First Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. N. Dwain Acker will officiate. The committal will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church and the Dodge County Humane Society.
Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary will be on Tuesday from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 PM.
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