Buffalo-Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Beatty, Charles H. “Chuck” March 5, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald March 10, 2010
Charles H. “Chuck” Beatty, age 78, of Kearney, died Friday, March 5, 2010 in 
Kearney.

Memorial services will be Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Faith 
United Methodist Church in Kearney with the Rev. Michelle Reed officiating.

Graveside services will be at the Overton Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.  Military 
rites will be held at the Church by the Kearney American Legion Post No. 52, 
Kearney V.F.W. Post No. 759, and the Nebraska National Guard Military Honors 
Team.

Charles was born Jan. 12, 1932 in Lincoln to Robert and J. Esther (Labert) 
Beatty.   Chuck’s father died at an early age.  His mother then married Henry 
Bauer who raised him.  Chuck lettered in track, basketball, and football, 
graduating from Holdrege High School in 1949.  He joined the Army Air Corps on 
July 4, 1954 and was assigned the 82nd Airborne Division, flying Cessna L-
19 “Bird Dogs” as an aerial fire observer.  

He married Gertrude Carey on Oct. 30, 1954 in Overton.  After the Army he 
returned to Lincoln and graduated from the University of Nebraska College Of 
Law in 1959.  He moved to Kearney where he served as Deputy Buffalo County 
Attorney, a member of the Nebraska Aeronautics Commission, and practiced law 
for many years.  Charles was a member of the Nebraska Bar Association for 50 
years, and was instrumental in local service work with 12-step organizations 
since 1976.  He will be remembered as an ever-loving son, father, and 
grandfather.

Survivors include his wife, Gertrude “Gitch” Beatty of Kearney; sons, Jack 
(Janelle) Beatty of Kearney, Patrick (Karen) Beatty of Basehor, Kan.; 
daughter, Mary (Ernest) Brown of Kearney; sisters-in-law, Virginia Carey of 
Kearney, Mary Carey of Lincoln; granddaughters, Blossom (Bennett) Hinyub of 
Gulf Shores, Ala., Amanda (Willy) Burgos of Augusta, Ga., Madeline Beatty of 
Basehor, Kan.; grandsons, John Beatty of Kansas City, Mo., Shane Beatty of 
Lincoln and four great-grandchildren.

Charles was preceded in death by his mother, father and step-father.
Memorials are suggested to the Faith United Methodist Church or Boy Scout 
Troop No. 36.


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