Furnas County NeArchives Obituaries.....Bockerman, Raymond Henry June 22, 2010
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Funeral Home notice
Raymond Henry Bockerman, age 97, of Arapahoe, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the
Phelps Memorial Hospital, at Holdrege. He was born Dec. 28, 1912 south of
Arapahoe to Gottlieb and Louise (Flake) Bockerman.

Raymond attended school at Arapahoe High School and graduated with the class of
1931. He would farm with his family until 1938, when he entered military service
in February of 1940. He served four and a half years including time in North
Africa and Italy. In July of 1945, he was discharged. He would come back to
Nebraska to farm and in 1945 he bought land in Frontier County. 

He married Mary DeVries on Sept. 6, 1948 at Beaver City. They made their home on
the farm in Frontier County, where they farmed and ranched. He retired from
farming in 1971 and began to travel south for the winters. In 1981, they moved
to Arapahoe. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Arapahoe. a past
director for the Curtis Telephone Company and Curtis Coop and member of the
American Legion, all at Curtis. He also was a past member of the Farm Bureau of
Nebraska.

He is preceded in death by his parents, daughter Barbara Ann, brothers Leonard,
Richard and Chester.

He is survived by his wife Mary Bockerman of Arapahoe and several nieces and
nephews.

Funeral Services were June 26 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe with
the Rev. James Moshier, officiating.

Burial is at the Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, with military rites given at the
cemetery.

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