Furnas-Phelps County NeArchives Obituaries.....Oliva, R. Lynn April 9, 2008 ************************************************ 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 March 28, 2011, 5:52 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald April 12, 2008 R. Lynn Oliva, age 60, of Arapahoe, died Wednesday, April 9 as a result of a truck accident. Funeral services will be Monday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Arapahoe with the Rev. Michael Flury officiating. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. on Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Bertrand with Military Honors. Visitation will be Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 13 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wenburg Funeral Home in Arapahoe. Survivors include his wife, Sharon Oliva of Arapahoe; mother, Cleota Oliva of Stockton, Kan.; one son, Kurt (Susan) Oliva of North Platte; three daughters, Kimberly (George) Salpas, Kelly (Emigdio) Cuevas, all of Grand Island and Kerry Kinkade and fiancée Troy Larson of Long Pine; one step-son, Chris Gretzschel of Gaylord, Kan.; one step-daughter, Marenda Gretzschel of Alma; one brother, Richard Oliva of Stockton, Kan.; one sister, Linda (Chuck) Williams of Stockton, Kan.; 32 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Janet in 1984, his father; brother, Kenneth; grandson, Adrian and step-son, Martin. R. Lynn was born on Jan. 19, 1948 at Stockton, Kan., to William and Cleota (Carmichael) Oliva. Lynn grew up in the Stockton area and graduated with the class of 1966 from Stockton High School. He served in the National Guard following graduation. On Nov. 10, 1968, he married Janet Holen at Bertrand and worked for Tyson Foods in Lexington for 14 years. After Janet passed away in 1984, he married Sharon (Hunter) Gretzschel on June 1, 1985. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/furnas/obits/o/oliva628gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb