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 Harry
D. “Bear” Edwards
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[October 31, 2020]
LINCOLN
- Harry D. “Bear” Edwards, 79, of Lincoln, passed
away on Monday, October 19, 2020 at the Christian Village, Lincoln.
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Visitation:
11:30 am- 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 23, 2020 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln
Service:
A private family service will be held.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Harry D. “Bear” Edwards, 79, of
Lincoln, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020 at
the Christian Village, Lincoln.
Bear was born on August 23, 1941 in Middletown, the
son of Eugene Hall and Rachel Elizabeth (Zook)
Edwards. He married Margaret Van Fossan on July 30,
1960. She survives him.
Also surviving Bear are his children: Troy (Becki
Warren) Edwards of Atlanta and Heidi (J.C. Rice) Van
Cleve of New Berlin, sister’s Carolyn Elizabeth
(Gary) Schall and Marilyn Louise Jackson;
grandchildren Joshua (Kelsi) Edwards, Dylan Van
Cleve, Sarah (Matthew) Curry, and Heather (Joshua)
Mangano and greatgrandchildren Brooklyn, Declan,
Claire, and Benjamin.
Bear was preceded in death by his parents, sister:
Mary Catherine Bland, brother: James “Chub” Edwards. |
Bear farmed and worked for the United
States Postal Service for many years of his life
upon his retirement in 2012. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge # 263 and the Lincoln Christian
Church. Bear enjoyed spending time with his family
and friends.
A private family service will be held. Visitation
for Bear will be from 11:30 am- 1:30 p.m. on Friday,
October 23, 2020 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln, where face mask and social
distancing will be enacted.
Memorials may be made in Bear’s name to the American
Cancer Society or Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
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