Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Magoon, Sidney A. October 3, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Oct. 6, 2010
Sidney A. Magoon, 79, of Lexington, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at Plum Creek 
Care Center in Lexington.

Services will be Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Evangelical 
Free Church in Lexington with Pastor Duane Russell officiating. 

Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. that same afternoon at Fort McPherson National 
Cemetery with full military honors. 

Visitation was Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, from 5-7 p.m. at the Reynolds-Love 
Funeral Home in Lexington. 

Sid was born March 11, 1931, at Franklin, N.H., to Edward George and Felanise 
E. (Hamel) Magoon, Sr.  

He grew up in New Hampshire and entered the United States Navy in 1948; he 
made the Navy his career and was honorably discharged in 1968. Sidney was 
fortunate enough to travel almost the entire United States and Europe during 
his stint in the Navy and also traveled with his family.  He was active during 
the Korean and Vietnam wars.  
 
He was united in marriage to Ruth Y. Martin on May 5, 1962, at Waukegan, Ill., 
and welcomed Ruth’s sons, Randy and Mike, as his own. 

The couple moved to Lexington where Sidney worked for Eaton’s in Kearney for 
17 and one-half years and then drove school bus for the Lexington Public 
Schools from 1990, retiring in 2004.  
 
Survivors include his loving wife of 48 years, Ruth Magoon of Lexington; two 
sons, Randy (Debra) Adams of Cozad,  Mike Adams and fiancé Kathleen of 
Lexington; three sisters,  Virginia Hinds of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Laurel 
Dussault of Lebanon, N.H., Karen (Maurice) St. Germaine of Bow, N.H.; four 
grandchildren,  Lucas and Rachel Adams of Cincinnati, Ohio; Amanda and Brad 
Patton of Hallam, Jordan and Heidi Adams and Whitney Adams, all of Lincoln; 
five great-grandchildren with one on the way, as well as many nieces, nephews, 
sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law. 

Sidney was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Jo; one brother, 
Eddie and four brothers-in-law. 


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