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Robert Young Lisco Sr

20 Aug 1856 – 21 Oct 1936

Birth20 Aug 1856
Death21 Oct 1936
CemeteryColumbus Cemetery
Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byRebekah Headings on 29 Jul 2013
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19609265

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Married to Mary Jane DeSillery on 9-26-1881. The Columbus Daily Telegram , October 22, 1936 LISCO-- R.Y. LISCO, SR., 80, WHO DIED YESTERDAY, CAME HERE IN EARLY 1870'S Farmed for Many Years and Later Managed Columbus Gas Co.; Funeral Will Be Private R.Y. Lisco, sr., 80, whose death occurred yesterday in a hospital at Norfolk, was a member of a pioneer Platte county family and for about 12 years prior to 1925 was active manager and one of the principal stockholders of the Columbus Gas company. The body was brought to the McKown Funeral home in Columbus yesterday where private funeral services will be held at a time not yet definitely determined, pending word from his son, Robrt [sic] Y. Lisco, jr., of Eastonville, Colo. Burial will be made in Columbus cemetery. Mr. Lisco came to Columbus in the early '70's, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lisco, from Iowa, where they had been farming. He was born on Aug. 20, 1856 in New York state, and in early childhood moved with his parents to Iowa. They farmed near Mitchell, and came to Columbus from there, the family locating on a farm five miles southwest of Columbus in Columbus township. There he grew to manhood, and it was in the parental home that he plighted his troth in mariage [sic] with Miss Mary J. Sillery on Sept. 26, 1881. He later became owner of the old home place and they farmed it until 1911 when they moved to Columbus. During the years they resided on the farm, he served as a member of the school board in that district, held the position of road overseer for many years, served as township assessor, and also served on the county board of supervisors for eight years. In 1913, two years after he had retired from the farm, Mr. Lisco became manager of the Columbus Gas company, which had been organized a few years previously by C.J. Garlow, George Scott and O.T. Roen, and in which Mr. Lisco had started acquiring stock while he was farming. He managed the business until 1925, the year the company sold out to the Central West Public Service Co., now the Central Electric and Telephone company. After disposing of his interests in the business, Mr. Lisco formed a partnership with his two sisters, Misses Isabelle and Emma Lisco, of El Cajon, Calif., and established a gas company in Chadron, Neb., in which he retained his interests at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Lisco resided in Chadron for a few years but returned to Columbus in 1933 to reside here. Some few months ago, when Mr. Lisco's health began to fail more rapidly, they went back to Chadron and resided temporarily with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. M. Hardy. Besides Mrs. Lisco, his two sisters, his son, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Hardy, he is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Isabelle Pennington, of Silver Creek, and 10 grandchildren.

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