Obituary Record

Paul E Neve
Died on 7/18/2009
Buried in Blair Cemetery

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Paul E. Neve, 91

Paul E. Neve, 91, a long-time choir director at Dana College, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Memorial Community Hospital after a heart attack.

His funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Dr. Paul E. Neve was born on Jan. 25, 1918, in Oshkosh, Wis., as the second oldest of seven children born to the Rev. A.V. and Dora Christine Neve.

His career in music was inspired by a high school teacher in Beresford, S.D. where he spent his childhood. He played the organ as a child in Danish Lutheran churches where his father led the worship.

He attended Dana College, a tradition for the Neve family. His musical instrument was the organ and he sang in a quartet that entertained Danish Lutheran churches on weekends.

Dr. Neve married Dana student Lela Nielsen, a pastor’s daughter, in 1944. She preceded him in death in 1988.

Three of his brothers went on to Trinity Seminary at Dana to become Danish Lutheran ministers.

He earned a master’s degree in music from Northwestern University in 1948 and a doctorate in sacred music from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1968.

Dr. Neve’s tenure at Dana spanned 41 years until he retired in 1984. His choirs were best known in Blair for their annual Christmas concerts. The choirs toured to Denmark and other countries in Europe and Southeast Asia. As music professor, he was able to teach every musical instrument. He also served as choir director and organist at First Lutheran Church in Blair for many years.

He is survived by his four children and their spouses, Leon and Alice Neve of St. Paul, Minn.; Lois and Dan Carter of Blanchard, La.; Loyd and Marie Neve of Omaha; and Lori and Terry Jones of Texarkana, Texas. All four children were at his bedside when he died.

Survivors also include his grandchildren: Hans, Niels, Ingrid, Stephen and Jaclyn Neve, Megan, Chris and Jon Carter, Andrew and Robert Jones, and Anna White; and 10 great-grand-children; and his brothers, Lloyd of Blair and Reid of St. Joseph, Mo.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Aster and Alton and sisters, Marilyn and Ruth.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Paul and Lela Neve Scholarship Fund at Dana or to First Lutheran Church.

#2 Neve, Paul

Age 91

Published in Omaha World Herald on 19 July 2009

Blair. Preceded in death by parents Rev. A.V. and Dora Neve; wife Lela; two brothers, Aster and Alton; and two sisters, Ruth and Marilyn. Survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Leon and Alice Neve of St. Paul, MN, Loyd and Marie Neve of Omaha; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lois and Dan Carter of Shreveport, LA, Lori and Terry Jones of Texarkana, TX; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Lloyd and Muriel of Blair and Reid and Eunice of St. Joseph, MO.

SERVICES 10 am Wednesday, July 22, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Burial Blair Cemetery. VISITATION will begin 10 am Tuesday with the family receiving friends from 6-8 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Paul and Lela Neve Scholarship Fund at Dana College or First Lutheran Church in Blair.

CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME Blair, NE 402-426-2191

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

Printed in the Omaha World Herald on 7/19/2009


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