1st Obituary: printed in the March 29 2005 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Helen L. Skov, 97

Helen L. Skov, 97, died Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005 at her home in Blair.

Visitation begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Helen Lucille (Svengard) Skov was born March 27, 1908 on the farm north of Arlington to Axel and Lucy (Christiansen) Larson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Orum. She was raised on a farm, and attended the Bisbee School.

On Feb. 12, 1929, she married Alvin Svengard. The couple farmed south of Orum in the March School District until 1952, when they built a house and moved to Blair. After her husband’s death in 1962, Mrs. Skov and their son, Tim, moved to Seattle in 1966, where he graduated from high school, and she worked for Boeing Aircraft.

Mrs. Skov eventually moved back to Blair, where she worked for Robinson Tots and Teens.

On May 3, 1975, she married Alfred “Doc” Skov in Blair. He died in March of 1987.

At 97, Mrs. Skov was alert and healthy and happy to be living at Shepherd’s Village Assisted Living Facility. She was fond of the staff and residents there. Mrs. Skov was a member of First Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy and Ned Williams of Omaha, Marlene and Dick Sutherland of Sioux Falls, S.D.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Alan and Jane Svengard, and Tim and Lori Svengard, all of Blair; stepson, Lyle Skov of Sun City, Ariz.; 20 grandchildren, and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her two husbands, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Marilyn Svendgard and Lila Conrad; daughter-in-law, Priscilla Skov; brothers, Kenneth Larson and Clyde Larson, and a sister, Leone Selby.

2nd obituary printed in the March 28, 2005 Omaha World-Herald

SKOV—Helen (Svendgard) age 97, Blair, NE. Survived by 4 children and spouses, Peggy and Ned Williams, Marlene and Dick Sutherland, Alan and Jane Svendgard, Tim and Lori Svendgard; stepson, Lyle Skov; 20 grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren.

Services 10:30 am Wed First Lutheran Church. Burial Blair Cemetery. Visitation beginning 9 am Tues with the family receiving friends 6-8 pm.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Helen Svendgard Skov

Born March 27,1908 Arlington, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest March 27, 2005 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 30, 2005 First Lutheran Church Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Heather Grell. Organist: Clare Cowing. Vocalist: Scott Wachter. Vocal Selections: ”Softly and Tenderly”, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”. Congregational Hymns: “My God and I”, “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”

Casketbearers: Terry Conrad, Kyle Deppe, Calvin Sutherland, Pete Svendgard, Brady Svendgard, Rodney Skov

Honorary Casketbearers: Jim Conrad, Russell Sutherland, Travis Svendgard, Phil Larsen, Wesley Sutherland, Aaron Svendgard, Keith Larsen

Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home ~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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