Darrell Lessen

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Archived July 11, 2005

LINCOLN -- A memorial service for Darrell F. Lessen will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m.

Mr. Lessen, 75, of Lincoln died July 3, 2005, at 9:18 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. His body was cremated.

He retired from Albert Services as an electrician in 2002 and formerly owned Lessen Trucking with his brother.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.

He was born Sept. 18, 1929, at Hartsburg to Arend "Arnie" and Lena Luken Lessen. He married Verna M. Menssen at Hartsburg on June 17, 1956.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two brothers, Donald (and Gayle) Lessen of Beason and Gene (and Marianne) Lessen of Lincoln; and several nieces, nephews, great- and great-great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Patsy Gehlbach.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, a member of American Legion Post 263 for 19 years, a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge for 38 years and a member of Logan County Farm Bureau.

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