Died 24 February 2006

Burial in Blair Cemetery

Published in Pilot Tribune on 28 February 2006

Irma M. Bray, 81, of Lyons, died Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, at the Nebraska Medical Center/University Hospital in Omaha after a short battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, at the First Presbyterian Church in Lyons. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Hamel-Peck-Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah, with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A prayer service is slated for 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Visitation will also be held Wednesday, one hour prior to services, at the church.

Irma Marian Bray was born July 28, 1924, in rural Blair to Albert and Anna (Andersen) Madsen. She grew up on a farm west of Blair. She attended Glendale School until she was 12 years old. Her family then moved west of Herman, where she attended Brodersen and New England Schools. During her last two years of high school, she attended Blair High School, where she graduated in 1941. She pursued a teaching career and attended Dana College. She taught for five years at two rural Washington County Schools.

On June 4, 1947, she married George R. Bray in Arlington.

Mrs. Bray was a homemaker. She is remembered as a quiet person who adored flowers and planting. She was proud of her Danish heritage and was a Husker sports enthusiast.

She is survived by her husband, George, of Lyons; daughter, Cheryl Ziemann of Lyons; sons, Ronald Bray of San Carlos, Calif., Roger Bray of Oakland, John Bray of Lyons; sisters, Esther Madsen and Lucille Wulf, both of Blair; brothers: Albert Madsen, Jr. of Blair and Darrell Madsen, Sr. of Fremont; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by three sons, Rodney, Clark and Gary.

Memorials are suggested to the Lyons Library, Lyons Rescue Squad and Burt-Washington County Home Health Care.

#2-Published in Omaha World Herald on 26 February 2006

BRAY-Irma M., 81 years, of Lyons, formerly of Blair. Survived by husband, George R. Lyons; daughter, Cheryl Ziemann, Lyons; sons, Ronald, San Carlos, CA, Roger, Oakland, NE, John, Lyons; sisters, Esther Madsen, Lucille Wulf, Blair; brothers, Albert Madsen, Jr., Blair, Darrell Madsen, Sr., Fremont; 11 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.

Funeral Service Wed, 3/1/06, 10:30 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, Lyons. Burial Blair Cemetery. Visitation Tues. 1-8 p.m., the family will receive friends from 5-7 pm with a 7 pm Prayer Service at Hamel-Peck-Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. Visitation will also be held Wed. at the church in Lyons 1 hour prior to the Service. Memorials Lyons Library, Lyons Rescue Squad, and Burt County Home Health.

Pelan Funeral Services, Lyons, NE 402-687-2644

#3 Funeral Leaflet

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In Loving Memory of Irma M. Bray

81 years, 6 months, 26 days

Born Irma Marian Madsen July 28, 1924 rural Blair, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Eternal Rest February 24, 2006 Omaha, Nebraska

Prayer Service Tuesday, February 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Hamel-Peck-Pelan Funeral Home, Tekamah, Nebraska

Funeral Service Wednesday, March 1, 2006 10:30 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, Lyons, Nebraska Rev. Gary Fugman, Officiating. Music: “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” #398, “”I’ll Fly Away” #256. Special Music by Pete King. Dorothy Moore, Organist.

Casket Bearers: Donald Bray, Chris Madsen, Doug Madsen, Leroy Bray, Jeff Madsen, Richard Madsen

Honorary Casket Bearers: David Bray, Andrew Ziemann, Russell Madsen, James Bray, Dwain Wulf, Mark Madsen, Michael Bray, Darrell Allen Madsen, Jeremy Bray, Steven Madsen

Interment: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Pelan Funeral Service, Lyons, Nebraska

~~~ Obituaries 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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