1st obituary: Printed in the Aug. 19, 2005 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Alvin C. Sprau, 58

Alvin C. Sprau, 58, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at his home in Fort Calhoun.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Fort Street Christian Church in Omaha. Interment will be at the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug., 19, at Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home in Fort Calhoun.

Alvin Charles Sprau was born Dec. 23, 1946, in Omaha to Warren and Marjorie Sprau. He was a member of the North American Fishing Club.

He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Ray and Julie Sprau of Blair, Donnie Sprau, also of Blair, and Jesse Sprau of Fort Calhoun; daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Doug Rawls of Blair; stepchildren, Tim and Angie Miller of Omaha, Kari and Ron Welchert of Omaha, Jennifer and George Taylor of Fort Calhoun, and Anthony and Kim Miller of Columbus; long-time companion, Rozanne Miller of Fort Calhoun; Becky Sprau of Fort Calhoun; sister, Sharon Richensen of Port St. Lucie, Fla., brothers and sister-in-law, Donnie Sprau of Brainard, Moinn., and Bobby and Barb Sprau of Blair; 21 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Obituary 2, Aug. 18, 2005 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

SPRAU—Alvin Charles, age 58, of Ft. Calhoun. Preceded in death by mother and father, Marjorie and Warren Sprau. Survived by son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Julie Sprau; son, Donnie Sprau, all of Blair; son, Jesse Sprau, Ft. Calhoun; daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Doug Rawls, of Blair; stepchildren, Tim and Angie Miller and Kari and Ron Welchert, all of Omaha, Jennifer and Geroge Taylor, Ft. Calhoun, Anthony and Kim Miller, of Columbus; longtime companion Rozanne Miller, Ft. Calhoun, Becky Sprau, Ft. Calhoun; sister, Sharon Richensen, Port St. Lucie, FL; brother, Donnie Sprau, Brainard, MN; brother and sister-in-law, Bobby and Barb Sprau, of Blair; 21 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Visitation 5-8 pm at Funeral Home. Funeral Service Sat. 10 am, Fort St. Christian Church, Omaha, NE. Interment Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.

Sievers-Sprick, Ft. Calhoun, NE 402-468-5678

FindaGrave memorial # 18176664

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