Died 21 February 2007

Burial in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

Veteran, army

Published in Enterprise on 23 February 2007

Loyal R. "Irish" Bridges, 74, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, at his home in Blair.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Lincoln (Neb.) Memorial Park Cemetery.

Loyal R. Bridges was born Nov. 22, 1932, in Beattie, Kan., to Melvin and Hazel (Hurtie) Bridges. He graduated from Lincoln High School.

On Oct. 3, 1952, he married Shirley Cole in Lincoln.

In January of 1953, he entered the U.S. Army and was discharged in January, 1955.

In 1976, Mr. and Mrs. Bridges moved to Blair. He worked as a surveyor in Lincoln and in Millard for several years and, in 1979, started Utility Service Group, which he ran until his death.

Mr. Bridges was a member of the Papillion Masonic Lodge No. 39, and the Blair American Legion Post No. 154.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughters and sons-in-laws, Colene and Randy Penry of Blair, Colela and Tim Grace of Blair; sons and daughter-in-law, Cole and Mary Bridges of Omaha; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; a twin sister and her husband, Loyala and Joe Dvorak of Utica, sister and brother-in- law, Bonnie and Melvin Suchy of Ceresco; brother, Gary Bridges of Lincoln; and many nieces, nephews and other family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Dennis Lee; two sisters and one brother.

#2-Published in Omaha World Herald on 22 February 2007

BRIDGES-Loyal (Irish), age 74, of Blair. Survived by wife, Shirley; son and daughter-in-law, Cole and Mary , of Omaha; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Colela and Tim Grace, Colene and Randy Penry, all of Blair; 10 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother, Gary, of Lincoln; twin sister Loyala and Joe Dvorak, Utica, NE, Bonnie and Melvin Suchy, Ceresco, NE.

SERVICES 10:30 am Fri., Campbell Aman Funeral Home. Burial 1 pm, Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery. VISITATION starts Thurs 12 pm, with family receiving friends from 6-8 pm. Memorials to the family.

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.~~~

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