Dewey Worsley

June 19, 1948 ~ June 3, 2026

Visitation 5-7pm Friday, June 19; Memorial Service 10am Saturday, June 20. Lunch to follow. Both services at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Blair, Nebraska

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair

#2 Printed in the June 16, 2026 Washington County Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Dewey Worsley passed away peacefully at home after a short battle with cancer on Wednesday June 3, 2026. Dewey was born on July 19, 1948 at the US Naval Hospital in Pensacola Florida. With his father's career as a Navy pilot, Dewey spent some of his childhood in Japan and Hawaii before coming to Chicago and graduating from Arlington High School.

He went on to attend college at Illinois State University. While there, he was part of the founding members of the Illinois State Rugby Club. Through Rugby Dewey made many deep and lasting friendships both in Illinois, Wisconsin and Omaha. Dewey was an avid rockhound, hiker and outdoorsman. After coming to Omaha, he met his future wife Wanda on a backpacking trip. They continued to travel and share their love of the outdoors throughout their 32 years of marriage. Dewey spread his love of life, humor and knowledge of the world through his teaching career. He worked as a substitute teacher for 5 years throughout the Omaha Public Schools and then as a Special Education Teacher at Nathan Hale Middle School in Omaha and Arlington Public Schools. Dewey was an animal lover, and in addition to owning dogs throughout his life he was a volunteer for many years at the Blair Animal Shelter. Dewey always had a joke for anyone he met. He cared deeply for his friends and family and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Dewey leaves his wife Wanda Worsley; brother Herb (Jim) Worsley; and many other loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Anne Marie Worsley. Visitation: Friday, June 19 from 5 to 7 pm at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Blair, NE Funeral: Saturday, June 20 at 10:00am with lunch to follow at St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Celebration of Life: Saturday, August 15th from 11-2pm at Starved Rock State Park, LaSalle County, Illinois In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Jeanette Hunt Blair Animal Shelter

Services by Campbell Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE

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

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