Durward L. ‘D.L.’ Sidebottom, Sr., 90

Durward L., “D.L.: Sidebottom, Sr., 90, of Blair died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1998, at the Good Shepherd Home in Blair.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct., 29, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. in the Odebolt, Iowa, Cemetery.

Durward L., “D.L.” Sidebottom was born on May 25, 1908, in Hancock, Iowa, to Samuel A. and Ethel (Baker) Sidebottom.

He attended school in Spencer, Iowa.

On Dec. 14, 1933, he married Edith Dunning in Omaha.

The couple moved to Nashville where D.L. began farming.

In 1943, they moved south of Blair where he continued farming and started a joint cattle feeding operation with August Ruser.

Due to health problems, his doctor suggested he slow down, so he began an insurance business. However, farming and cattle feeding were still a part of his life until 1973.

The couple moved to Blair in 1967.

After Mrs. Sidebottom’s death in September of 1991, Mr. Sidebottom moved into the Good Shepherd Home.

He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bud and Margaret Sidebottom, Jr., of Blair; three daughters and sons-in-law, Edith and Ray Satterfield of Blair, Mary Ann and Dennis Laaker of Bennington and Ethel and Paul Saathoff of Omaha; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Marcia and Mitch Law, Sharon and Steve Ray, Beth and Larry Ratfield, Jim and MaryLou Satterfield, and David Satterfield, all of Blair, Janis Satterfield of Fremont, Michael Laaker of Bennington and Matthew Saathoff of Omaha; 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

D.L. was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Edith; one daughter Donna Mae; one son, Charles; and one brother, Sam.

Memorials may be directed to the building fund at First United Methodist Church or the Good Shepherd Home.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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

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