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Orval Wilson Patterson
18 Jan 1899 – 8 Apr 1992
| Birth | 18 Jan 1899 |
| Death | 8 Apr 1992 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Cemetery Superior , Nuckolls County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Marilyn Sanner Keim on 22 Jun 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53902936 |
Bio
Orval Wilson Patterson died April 8 at the Good Samaritan Center, Superior. He was 93. The funeral was Saturday at the Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kenneth Fairbrother officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery. Patterson was one of 13 children born to John William and Sadie Ferguson Patterson. He was born Jan. 18,1899, on a farm southeast of Webber near where Lovewell Dam is located. When he was very young, the family moved to Nebraska. He started school at Hastings and later attended Doniphan schools. When he was in third grade, the family returned to Kansas. He graduated from the eighth grade at Hurley school near Republic. After working as a hired hand in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, he began farming on his own in 1924. He was united in marriage to Lillie Mae Andreasen June 23, 1923. To this union three children were born. Lillie died Jan. 10, 1938. He was married to Rose Mae White Thayer on March 2, 1953. She died April 22, 1988. Patterson became a county commissioner and served for eight years prior to his retirement from farming in 1962. He moved to Superior in 1964. He became a member of the United Methodist Church July 23, 1972. Failing health forced him to move to the Good Samaritan Center Feb. 26,1984. He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, three infant sisters, Dessie, Cora and Mary and Littie Snyder, Elsie Wilcox and Sylvia Wyatt; three brothers, Roscoe, Dale and George; three step-children, Wayne Thayer, Darrel Thayer and Jerry Thayer and one grandchild, Timothy Patterson. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Wylie Blair (Evelyn), Superior; Mrs. Alan Frerichs(Betty), Vacaville, Calif.; a son, Roy, Cambridge; step-daughters, Mrs. Everett Barfknecht (Nila), Nelson; Mrs. John Adams (Wanda), Superior, Elaine Briggs, Plainwell, Mich.; Muriel Ray, Alliance, Ohio; two step-sons. Max Thayer, Republic, and Verle Thayer, Alliance, Ohio; three sisters, Hazel Rasmussen and Laura Cury, both of Beloit, and Opal Earl, Sunset, Utah; six grandchildren and step-grandchildren. Source: Superior Express, April 16, 1992.
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Siblings
- Mary E. Patterson 1892–1892
- Roscoe Irwin Patterson 1893–1979
- Dessie Patterson 1895–1918
- Elsie Mae Patterson Wilcox 1897–1973
- Sylvia L. Wyatt 1900–1990
- Cora M. Patterson 1903–1910
- Letta La Visa "Lettie" Patterson Snyder 1904–1936
- George Henry Patterson 1906–1978
- Hazel Elmira Patterson Rasmussen 1908–1998
- Opal Leona Patterson Pecht 1913–1999
Children
- Evelyn Joy Patterson Blair 1924–2010 FaG
- Elizabeth Darleen "Betty" Patterson Frerichs 1932–2001 FaG
- Roy Lee Patterson 1935–2018 FaG
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