Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Araujo, Cruz Elodio June 20, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com June 21, 2011, 5:53 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald June 25, 2011 Cruz Elodio Araujo, Jr., 66, of Lexington, died Monday, June 20, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, June 24, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lexington with the Rev. Paul Colling officiating. Burial will be in the St. Ann’s Cemetery at Lexington. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 4-6 p.m. with Rosary to be recited at 6 p.m., all at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. He was born Oct. 22, 1944, in Lexington, to Cruz E., Sr. and Consuelo (Ceballos) Araujo. Cruz attended school in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1963. Following high school he worked and was united in marriage to Donna Flint. Two boys were born to this union, Brett and Matt. He was then united in marriage to Mary Varley on April 10, 1997, where he welcomed Mary’s daughter Rachel as his own and the couple were blessed with two more children, Nathan and Sarah. Survivors include his wife, Mary Araujo of Lexington; three sons, Brett (Theresa) Araujo of Overton, Matt (Jolene) Araujo and Nathan (fiancé Jenny Vacura) Araujo, all of Lexington; two daughters, Rachel (Jeff) Schade of Grand Island, Sarah Araujo of Lexington; two brothers, Mike (Sharon) Araujo of Lexington, Pete (Linda) Araujo of Oxford; one sister, Susie (Charles) Engel of Grand Island; 11 grandchildren, Jacob, Justin, Josh, Jada and Jordan Araujo, all of Overton, Brandon and Blaine Araujo of Lexington, Brook, Annabelle and Jeffrey Schade of Grand Island and Aubrey Vacura of Lexington. Cruz was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Richard and one granddaughter, Brittany McCurdy. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/a/araujo735gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb