KENNETH P. McMAHON

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Kenneth P. McMahon, 65, of Fremont died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Omaha.

He was born May 9, 1947 in Cleveland to Raymond and Gretta (Crosby) Hook, and adopted at an early age by George McMahon. At the age of 3, he moved with his family to Arlington, and at age 8, he came with his family to Fremont. He was 1966 graduate of Fremont Senior High School. Later he received a degree from LaSalle University.

He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1966, then served in the Navy aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard aircraft carrier. He was discharged in 1968. In Fremont he had worked as a dispatcher for Little Audrey’s Transportation Co. and had been an officer with the Fremont Police Department. He worked at Valmont as a welder and then as a design engineer. He worked for Control Data in Omaha, and then he was with Vickers.

An awesome lifelong musician, he had been inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame and was a recipient of the Ron Tuccitto Award. He played in various area bands, and had been the opening act for several well-known groups. He was a founding member of the Brakman, and also the Haywood Wakefield Band, and Heartbreak Fatty.

Ken was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 16 of Fremont. He was a 1st degree Black Belt in Tae Kwondo, and had been an instructor with the Midwest Academy of Martial Arts in Fremont.

On Sept. 1, 2007, Ken was married to Sandra Echtenkamp Zuerlein. She survives along with his daughter, Christy (and husband, Bruce) Maness of Moore, Okla.; and his son, Kevin McMahon of Los angeles; stepsons, Jason and Sean Zuerlein of Fremont; six grandchildren, Michael, Tommy, Courtney, Bailey, Chandra and Logan; two brothers, David McMahon of David city and Brian Hook of Cleveland; five sisters, Shirley McMahon of Alamosa, Colo.; Patty Watson of Elyria, Ohio; Pam Majoras and Cindy Barlow, both of Vermillion, Ohio; and Bridget Rimi of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; several stepbrothers and sisters; uncles, Bill Crosby of Fremont and Don Crosby of Grand Island; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Earl and Elayne Echtenkamp of Fremont; brother-in-law, Gordie Echtenkamp of Dallas; and sister-in-law, Lynn Johnson of Georgetown, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his mother; father; stepfather; daughter, Judy Ann McMahon; and uncle, Loyd Crosby.

Services will be announced at a future date.

Memorials are suggested to the Dodge County Humane Society and to the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 18.

Ludvigsen Mortuary is handling the arrangements.

An online guest book may be signed at www.ludvigsenmortuary.com