Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Matson, Paul A. October 10, 2009 ************************************************ 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 August 19, 2010, 4:44 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald Oct. 14, 2009 Paul A. Matson, 62, of Johnson Lake, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. It was Paul’s wishes his body be cremated and there will be no visitation.   A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington with the Revs. Todd Karges, John Craig and Chuck Olsen officiating.   Inurnment will be in the First United Methodist Church Columbarium next to the church. Survivors include his wife, Lynn Matson of Johnson Lake; son, Aaron Matson and special friend Allison Daley of Omaha; Daughter, Melissa Matson and husband Dan Lindberg of Boston, Mass.; father, Pastor John (Glenna) Craig of Lexington; two brothers, John Clark (E.J.) Craig of Denver, Paul Craig of Anchorage, Alaska; three sisters, Pauline Peterson of San Antonio, Texas, Heather (Craig) Oldsen of Ponca, J. Ann Craig (Marisa Villareal) of New York City; Richard Zern and Mike (Tracy) Zern, all of Overton; sister-in-law, Pat (Richard) Mueting of Kearney and several nieces and nephews. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Ted Matson and Edith Craig and aunts and uncles.  He was born Nov. 13, 1946, at Lexington, to Theodore and Edith (Margritz) Matson. Paul was a 1965 Lexington High School graduate. He then went on to further his education at Wesleyan University, graduating in 1970, he then attained his M.B.A. at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Paul was united in marriage to Lynn Schmitt on April 10, 1971, at Madison. The couple lived for a time in Omaha and St. Paul. They moved to Lexington in 1977. Paul was self-employed his entire life in the Financial Investment business. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Rotary International, Thistle Masonic Lodge and Tehama Shrine. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/m/matson332gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb