Gosper County NeArchives Obituaries.....Fong, Billie Doyle April 29, 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 30, 2011, 4:32 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald May 7, 2008 Billie Doyle Fong, age 78 of Elwood, died April 29, 2008 at the Tri-County Area Hospital in Lexington. Services will be held Friday, May 9, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elwood with Pastor Jeff Ernstmeyer officiating. Burial will be in the Elwood Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elwood. Survivors include three sons, Brad (Sharon) Fong of Woodbury, Minn., Kurt (Laurie) Fong of Detroit Lakes, Minn., and Lonny Fong of Elwood; a daughter, Sheila (Paul) Stenberg of Naperville, Ill.; five grandchildren, Abby (Jaime) Fong Cronin of Pleasanton, Shad (Brenna) Fong of West Point, Nathan (Amanda) Fong and Derek Fong, all of Woodbury, Minn., and Lacey Fong of Broken Bow; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Phylis Dahl of Loveland, Colo., and Leah Stitzel of Lincoln; a brother, Brian (Lana) Fong of Benkelman; two brothers-in-law, Bill Cole of Holdrege and Herschel Sheffield of Wilcox. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Helen in January 2008 and two brothers, Duane and Lyle. Billie was born Aug. 13, 1929 southeast of Elwood to Wesley and Naomi (McKenzie) Fong. He was raised on a farm and attended rural schools. He graduated from Elwood High School in 1947. In 1951, he married Helen Pfeiffer and to this union were born three sons, Bradley, Kurtis and Lonny and a daughter, Sheila. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/gosper/obits/f/fong658gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb