CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Douglas B. Svendgard

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Wednesday, Dec, 28, 1998


PHILLIPS- Douglas B. Svendgard, 42, died in St. Francis Hospital, Grand 
Island, following a car accident Dec. 15, 1998.

Services were Dec. 18 at the Fremont Alliance Church with Rev. John 
Wirkes officiating.

Burial was in the Memorial Cemetery, Fremont, with Military Honors.

Doug was born in Fremont Dec. 5, 1956. He grew up in the Arlington area 
attending Arlington public schools. After high school, he joined the Army 
for three years. He was stationed in Colorado Springs, Colo., towards the 
end of his term in the Army, and he remained there to work in 
construction. Doug moved back to Nebraska in the spring of 1982 and was 
still working in the construction field. Later he bought and operated a 
locker plant in Wynot until an injury to his right hand. The past two 
years Doug was employed as a federal meat inspector at the Monfort Plant 
in Grand Island. Survivors include his parents, Fran and Darrell Miller, 
Blair; and Andrew and Carol Svendgard, Arlington; a daughter, Sherri, 
Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, Charles, Wynot; three sisters, Tami (Mrs. 
Brian Johnson) and Patti (Mrs. Bruce Sullivan) both of Arlington; and 
Mindy Svendgard, Omaha; two step-brothers, Michael Miller, Uehling; and 
Jim Miller, Kennard; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in 
death by his grandparents, Merle and Sarah Newkirk, and Andrew and Oma 
Svendgard. 



Wednesday, Dec, 28, 1998 - CEDAR COUNTY NEWS