Sarpy-Buffalo-Frontier County NeArchives Obituaries.....Waltemath, Thomas Frederick  August 1, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Aug. 5, 2009
Thomas Frederick “Tom” Waltemath, 74, of Kearney, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009,
at his home in Kearney. 

A graveside service will be held Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at Fort
McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell with military honors by the North Platte
Honor Guard.  
 
Visitation was held Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in
Lexington

Survivors include his wife, Creta Waltemath of Kearney; two sons, Theron (Wilda)
Rookstool of Eustis, Travis (Angela) Rookstool of Holdrege; two daughters,
Rowena (Max) Wallington of Allen, Texas, Theresa Bivens of Cheyenne, Wyo.; one
daughter-in-law, Renae Waltemath of Grand Island; two sisters, Carolyn (Frank)
Hansen of Mason City, Iowa, Barbara (William) Katzenberger of Basehor, Kan.; 14
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren as well as nieces, nephews, other
relatives and  friends. 
  
Tom was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Tommy; one grandson, Jordie;
one granddaughter, Chelsea and one son-in-law, Bill Bivens.   

He was born Dec. 21, 1934, at Omaha to Victor and Capitola (McCabe) Waltemath. 
Tom was a 1953 graduate of Hershey High School in Hershey.  He entered the
United States Navy on Jan. 12, 1954 and was honorably discharged on Nov. 12,
1957.  Tom fought in the Korean War.  
 
When Tom returned to the United States he lived in California and Oregon where
he worked as a plumber.  He moved back to Nebraska in the early 1970s and
married Creta Wilmeth on Sept. 10, 1976 at Las Vegas, Nev. A son, Thomas
“Tommy,” was born to this marriage.  
 
Tom worked as a plumber in Nebraska, at the Gerald Gentleman Power Station at
Sutherland, and finished his working career as a bridge and building manager for
Union Pacific railroad. 
  
Tom was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Eustis, the American Legion,
the VFW, Eustis Lion’s Club and the AARP.  


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