Gosper-Loup-Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Vinzant, Irma Mae Lyons June 5, 2010 ************************************************ 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 June 7, 2010, 4:14 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald June 9, 2010 Irma Mae Vinzant, 75, of Elwood, died Saturday June 5, 2010, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood. Funeral Services were Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at the United Methodist Church in Elwood with Pastor Connie Karr officiating. Burial was in the Elwood Cemetery in Elwood. Visitation was Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. She was born March 28, 1935 in a sod house in Loup County to Howard and Elsie (Bishop) Lyons. She attended school in the Sandhills around Broken Bow. As a young woman she moved with her family to the Lexington area. On June 13, 1954, she married Robert Vinzant in Lexington. To this union two sons were adopted in love, Kevin and Gary. While in Lexington, Irma worked for Lexington Laundry and Dry Cleaning. The family then moved to Gosper County in 1963. She was a cook at Gosper County District No. 4 school and then later worked at Elwood Care Center for 17 years, retiring in the late 1990s. She was a member of the Elwood United Methodist Church and Merry Mixers Club. She enjoyed reading and doing “fancywork” but, most of all, enjoyed being with family and entertaining friends. She is survived by her husband, Robert Vinzant of Elwood; two sons, Kevin (Patricia) Vinzant of Houston, Texas, Gary (Jodie) Vinzant of Midway Lake; brothers, Clifford (Helen) Lyons of Aurora, Colo., Marvin (Lois) Lyons of Shelton; sisters, Rose Catlett of Central City, Bernice (Larry) Cronk of Lexington; two grandsons, Mathew and Lucas Vinzant of Lincoln, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Irma was preceded in death by her parents and brother Clinton. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/gosper/obits/v/vinzant65gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb