Vernon 'Barney' Gosda
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ATLANTA -- Vernon C. "Barney" Gosda, 78, a lifelong Atlanta
resident, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at 12:35 a.m. at Morton
Terrace Care Center, Morton.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Quiram
Funeral Home, with Masonic rites at 8 p.m.
A graveside funeral service will be at 11
a.m. Monday at the Atlanta Cemetery. Andy Glass will
officiate and military rites will be conducted by the
Atlanta American Legion.
Mr. Gosda served as sexton for the Atlanta
Cemetery many years.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
War.
He was born March 19, 1928, at Atlanta to
William and Lillian Gimbel Gosda. He married Quita J. Upton
on Oct. 2, 1952, at Bisbee, Ariz. She died Feb. 27, 1998.
He is survived by four sisters, Rose Singley
of Topeka, Dorothy Klockenga of Decatur, Lillian Knecht of
DeKalb and Ruth Schmidt of Woodstock; one brother, Ralph
Gosda of Arcadia, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one
son, six brothers and one sister.
He was a member of the Atlanta Masonic Lodge
and the Atlanta American Legion Gresham-Crutchley Post 341.
Memorial contributions may be made to a
charity of the donor's choice.
Richard Lessen
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LINCOLN -- Richard Dean "Dick" Lessen, 77, of Lincoln died
Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 11:45 a.m. at his home.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New
Union Cemetery. Pastor Todd Phelps will officiate, and
military rites will be conducted.
Bennett Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Mr. Lessen was a salesman for Xamis Ford before he
retired in the 1990s.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was born April 13, 1929, in Union to Henry and Delila
Franz Lessen. He married Barbara Beaver on March 7, 1948, in
Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one daughter,
Cathy Jacob of Lincoln; two brothers, Gene Lessen of
Richardson, Texas, and Ron Lessen of Mount Morris; one
sister, Delores Baughman of Lincoln; and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother,
Henry Lessen.
He was a member of United Church of Christ in Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to Wayne J. Schall Hospice.
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