| Posted on line: Wednesday, January 14, 2015; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, January 16, 2015
Ray Dean Moody, 73
Ray Dean Moody, 73, of Herman, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Tekamah.
Graveside services are 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 16, in Linden Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo. There is no scheduled family visitation.
Ray Dean Moody was born May 4, 1941, in Rock Port, the son of John Wesley and Katie Annetta (Knierim) Moody.
He attended North Polk Country School and Tarkio High School, Tarkio, Mo., graduating in 1959.
On Nov. 22, 1963, Dean was united in marriage to Dorothy Arlene Olsen at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Westboro, Mo. They made their home in Omaha for 25 years before moving to Herman, where they lived to the present time.
Dean was a professional “stage hand.” He constructed permanent and temporary stages for high schools, colleges and concerts throughout the country. In Omaha, he installed theatre sets and stages at the Orpheum Theatre, Civic Auditorium and Ak-Sar-Ben.
For the past five years, he was employed with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dean was a former member of the South Omaha Eagles and of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees of the United States and Canada.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Arlene, of Herman; two sons: Larry Dean Moody and wife Carrie of Mead and Donald Dean Moody and wife Denell of Lincoln; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother John Donald Moody and wife Johnita of Rock Port; sister-in-law Annette Hess of Richland, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials may be directed to the Dean Moody Memorial Fund.
Minter Funeral Chapel of Rock Port is in charge of arrangements.
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com
Omaha World Herald 14 Jan 2015
Moody, Ray Dean Age 73 Herman, NE. Passed away Monday, January 12, 2015, at a care center in Tekamah, NE. GRAVESIDE SERVICE AND INTERMENT 2pm, Friday, January 16, 2015, Linden Cemetery, Rock Port, MO. Memorials may be directed to the Dean Moody Memorial Fund. There is no scheduled family visitation. Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com MINTER FUNERAL CHAPELS Rock Port, MO 660-744-2323
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
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