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Loren Elmer Bals

1 Jan 1929 – 17 Nov 2003

Birth	1 Jan 1929
Death	17 Nov 2003
Cemetery	Westlawn Memorial Cemetery Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Michelle K on 25 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16355630

Bio

Son of Theodore & Anna (Kempkes) Bals. Military: U.S. Marine Corps, 1951 - 1953. Married: June 5, 1954, to Elizabeth Beran in Loup City. She died July 3, 1977. Moved with his first wife to Grand Island; was employed by Coleman Industries, then by New Holland. Married: Oct. 17, 1978, to Catherine (Beran) Gancos in Kearney. Moved with second wife moved to Odessa; worked at New Holland in Lexington until it closed, then for Triad Industries in Alda. Was employed at Inter-Motion in Kearney for 15 years, had retired in September. Activities: member of the church in Kearney, American Legion Post 52 in Kearney, the Eagles in Grand Island, and the Knights of Columbus in Kearney and Grand Island. Survivors include wife; son, Mark of Overton; daughter, Laurie Schnacker of Elm Creek; brothers, Harold of Loup City and Earl of Ravenna; sister, Reatha Lewis of Crete; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and stepdaughters, Ann Gould and June Nelson, both of Odessa. Was preceded in death by first wife, an infant son, two brothers and a sister.

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Family

Parents

• Theodore Frank Bals 1891–1984 FaG
• Anna Helen Kempkes Bals 1900–1988 FaG

Spouse

• Catherine Ann Beran Bals 1930–2021
• Elizabeth Louise "Betty" Beran Bals 1932–1977

Siblings

• Sylvester Theodore Bals 1919–1940 FaG
• Harold Joseph Bals 1923–2005 FaG
• Donald Anton Bals 1925–1942 FaG
• Reatha Mae Bals Lewis 1931–2012 FaG
• Earl Herbert Bals 1933–2017 FaG
• Maxine Marie "Mickey" Bals Michielutti 1939–1975 FaG

Children

• Joseph A. Bals 1967–1967

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