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Lawrence Clyde “Larry” Gaskill

23 Apr 1926 – 23 Oct 2004

Birth23 Apr 1926
Death23 Oct 2004
CemeterySchuyler Cemetery
Schuyler , Colfax County , Nebraska , USA
Added bySally55 on 18 May 2011
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9710771

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Thanks to contributor #47910340 Lawrence Gaskill, 78, died Oct. 23, 2004, at his home in Schuyler. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Schuyler. Interment will be in the Schuyler Cemetery with military honors provided by McLeod Post No. 47 of the American Legion and Hespen-Mitchell Post No. 4836 of the VFW. Lawrence Gaskill was born April 23, 1926, at St. Charles, S. D., to Archie Dean and Orpha (Hollen) Gaskill. He attended Linwood and Hastings schools, and graduated from Schuyler High School in 1944. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 aboard the USS Cushing, of the Pacific’s 3rd Fleet. On May 31, 1947, he married LaVaine Jedlicka at St. Cecilia’s Cathedral in Omaha. Mr. Gaskill was a commercial printer and artist. He worked for Omaha Print for 15 years before retiring in 1988. He moved to Schuyler in 1997. He was a member of the American Legion, the Eagles, Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. He loved the outdoors, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by his wife, LaVaine; son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Geri Gaskill of Blair; two daughters and a son-in-law, Susan Laree and Tom Fetters of Omaha, and Teresa Marshall of Boulder, Colo.; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Don and Lupita Gaskill of Schuyler, Alton Gaskill of Moses Lake, Wash., and John and Marcia Gaskill of Alton, Ill. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harvey and Archie Dean Jr., and a sister, Marjorie. ~~~Obituary printed in the October 26, 2004 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library~~~ ***** Name Lawrence Clyde Gaskill Birth Date 23 April 1926 Birthplace St Charles, South Dakota Residence Place Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska Employer Honorably Discharged From U S Navy On June 14 1946 Complexion Ruddy Race White Height 5 10 Weight 170 Eye Color Blue Hair Color Brown Relationship to Head of Household Father Relative's Name Archie D Gaskill Event Type Draft Registration Event Date 24 June 1946 Event Place Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska Affiliate Publication Number 7644738 Affiliate Publication Title World War II Draft Registration Cards for Nebraska, 1940-1947

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