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Visitation:
Friday, May 7, 2021, at 10 a.m. at the Jefferson
Street Christian Church
Service:
11 a.m. Friday at the church
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Ernest W. “Dick” Purlee, 96, of
Lawndale, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021, at The
Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln. He was
the oldest living resident of Lawndale.
Funeral services for Ernie will be on Friday, May 7,
2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the Jefferson Street
Christian Church with Mr. Ryan Edgecombe
officiating.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time
of the service.
Burial will be in the Lawndale Union Cemetery in
rural Lawndale. Military Rites will be conducted by
American Legion Post #263 of Lincoln.
Ernest Wayne Purlee was born on March 17, 1925, in
Lawndale, the son of John Franklin and Cleo Ola Wise
Purlee. He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marie
Kurtz on May 19, 1945. She preceded him in death on
January 21, 2009.
He is survived by his children: Donald (Kay
Thompson) Purlee, Sharon (Kenneth) Bell, Theresa
(Harold) Ingram, and Jerry (Linda) Purlee; ten
Grandchildren: Kris Hicks, Jeff Bell, Eric Bell,
Kimberly Horn, Harold Ingram III, Trisha Painter,
Jerry Purlee, Jr., Stacy Plummer, Jodie Carroll, and
Jodie Purlee; 14 great-grandchildren, and five
great-great-grandchildren. |
He was preceded in death by one
great-grandson: Brycen Hicks; three sisters: Mildred
Ackerson, Esther Martin, and Mary Peasley; and two
brothers: Clarence “Wort” Purlee and Walter
“Brownie” Purlee.
Mr. Purlee served in the United States Army during
WW II. He retired from Lehn & Fink Company in
Lincoln in 1990.
His hobbies included fishing, hunting, boating,
trapping and building houses with his family. He
served on the committee to install street lights in
Lawndale. And he loved watching all of his
grandchildren play sports.
Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital or American Cancer Society.
Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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