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Steven T. Neet, 57

Steven T. Neet, 57, of Marshall, Minn., formerly of the Blair and Arlington communities, died at his residence on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 3, at the First Lutheran Church in Marshall. Interment was in the Marshall Cemetery.

Steven Thomas Neet was born Feb. 24, 1948, in Omaha, to Archie and Betty (Cookus). He was baptized and confirmed in Beatrice.

He graduated from the Arlington High School and went to Dana College in Blair. At college, he met Pamela Peterson, and they were united in marriage on April 7, 1968, in Canby, Minn.

In May of 1968, he entered the United States Army and was stationed in Korea and California. He was honorably discharged in May of 1971.

He returned to college in Willmar where he completed the Police Science program. His first job was working as a park ranger at Sibley State Park. In 1973, he got a job with the Big Stone County Sheriff’s Department. He served as a Deputy Sheriff for two and a half years. In 1976, the couple moved to Sauk Center where he managed a grocery store and also was able to work part-time for the Sauk Center Police Department. He was full-time and in seven and a half years worked his way up to Assistant Chief. In 1982, he began working for the Long Prairie Police Department as a Police Chief and retired from the department in 2003. He was especially proud of his D.A.R.E. program.

He was a member of First Lutheran Church, and its choir; was an American Red Cross Board member, and a member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Harley Owner’s Group.

He is survived by his wife, Pam, of Marshall; two children and their spouses, Kristin and Troy Holien of Marshall and Darin and Alison of Zimmerman; three grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Deborah and Frank Schulkey, of Kennard, and Jane and Mel Canell, of North Platte; also many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Brandon Schulkey.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~