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Visitation:
10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Monday, February 24, 2020 at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
11 a.m. Monday, February 24, 2020 at Holy Family
Catholic Church
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Dan Loeffelholz, 88, of Lincoln,
passed away on February 17, 2020.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Monday, February 24, 2020 at Holland Barry & Bennett
Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m.
Monday, February 24, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic
Church. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Dan was born March 19, 1931 in East Dubuque, the son
of Oscar and Leta (Pluemer) Loeffelholz. He moved to
Lincoln in 1947 and graduated from Lincoln Community
High School in 1950. He married Julia Cecil on
February 15, 1958. She preceded him in death on May
26, 1993.
He proudly served his country in the United States
Navy where he was a submariner and frogman on
Underwater Demolition Team Three. He served in Korea
and French Indochina.
Dan was formerly employed by the
Railway Express Agency and retired from GTE in 1993.
He was active in the Boy Scouts as
a canoe and archery instructor and led his sons to
the rank of Eagle. He enjoyed scuba diving in the
Caribbean with all of his children. |
Dan was an accomplished guitar player and with his father and
brothers, played music at the Logan County Fair and the Lincoln Theater with the
Roy Rogers Club. He was a founding member of The Echoes Four, along with his
brother Tom. They played throughout the state, between 1961 and 1978 and he
later played with the Knights of Rhythm.
Surviving are his children Gene Loeffelholz of Lincoln, Susan Loeffelholz of
Minneapolis, MN and grandson Gage Loeffelholz of Elkhart.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Julia, son George Loeffelholz,
sister Marian Birlew, and brothers James, Thomas and Robert Loeffelholz.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Legion Post 263 and will be
accepted at the funeral home.
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