Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Nordberg, Donald L.  June 22, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald June 24, 2009
Dr. Donald L. Nordberg, 90, longtime Lexington Optometrist, died Monday, June 
22, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington.

Memorial Services will be Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the First 
United Methodist Church in Lexington with the Revs. Todd Karges and John Craig 
officiating. 
  
Burial with Military Honors will be held prior to the Memorial Service at 
Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington.  

Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2009, from 6-8 p.m. at the 
Reynolds-Love Chapel in Lexington.

Donald is survived by his two daughters,  Jill (Don) Ziebell of Lexington, Jan 
(Dan) Freese of Kearney; one sister,  Doris Marie Culver of Niles, Ill.; five 
grandchildren,  Kevin (Shannon) Ziebell of Hickman, Kim (Doug) Glaze of 
Lexington and Dru, Ali and Max Freese of Kearney; four great-grandchildren, 
Chase and Hunter Ziebell of Hickman and Jordyn  and Ethan Glaze of Lexington.  

Don was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Lois in 2008.  

He was born March 24, 1919, at Kansas City, Mo., and was adopted by John and 
Lillie (Robinson) Nordberg.  He was raised in Northborough, Iowa and was 
educated in Coin, Iowa, graduating in 1936.  Don helped on the family farm 
where they raised hogs, cattle and corn.  He had many stories he told his 
grandchildren about his experiences growing up on the farm.  
 
He attended undergraduate college in Marysville, Mo., at Northwest Missouri 
State Teacher’s College until his induction in the United States Army in 
1941.  He met Lois Colvin and they dated for three years before he went 
overseas.  They became engaged but broke it off when Donald went overseas.

They became reacquainted after the war.  Donald proposed marriage and offered 
Lois two choices – either return to the family farm or help put him through 
optometry school.   Lois quickly agreed to the optometry option.  
 
Donald was in the Medical Detachment of the 255th Infantry.  As a medic he 
helped both ally and enemy soldiers.  During the Battle of the Bulge he worked 
in a field hospital as an ENT.   

Upon returning to the United States he married Lois in Indianapolis on Aug. 
29, 1945.  He attended the Illinois College of Optometry graduating from there 
in March of 1949.  
 
They moved to Omaha and opened his first practice in the Benson area.  They 
moved to Lexington on Jan. 19, 1951.  Donald joined the practice with Dr. Joe 
Olson and soon daughter Jill arrived in 1951, and Jan came in 1953.  

Donald and Lois spent the remainder of their lives in Lexington.  They had 
many friends that they traveled with, played bridge with, went to dance club 
with and had supper club with.  The couple were avid Husker fans attending all 
home games and some away games.  In later years they would never miss a game 
on TV. 
  
He loved gardening and could spend up to eight hours a day in his yard.  He 
was very proud of his home and garden.  He loved his grandchildren and enjoyed 
sharing his stories of farm life and the war years.  He had a wonderful sense 
of humor and loved the life he created with Lois.  


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