Brian D. Conety, 72, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at his home in rural Decatur.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at the Herman Legion Hall in Herman. Interment will be in the Herman Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, Jan. 5, with the family receiving friends from 2 to 6 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. Visitation will continue Monday at the Herman Legion Hall one hour prior to the service.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

www.pelanfuneralservices.com

#2 Posted on line: Monday, January 6, 2014; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, January 3, 2014

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Brian D. Conety, 72, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at his home in rural Decatur.

Services were Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at the Herman Legion Hall in Herman. Interment was in the Herman Cemetery.

Brian David Conety was born Oct. 13, 1941, in Omaha, to Wilbur and Ruth (Lowe) Conety.

He grew up in Herman and graduated from Herman High School in 1959. In the summer of 1962, he met his future wife, Kathy, by pretending to be drowning to get her attention while she was lifeguarding at the Tekamah pool. Although that got him ejected from the pool that day, he did get her attention and married Kathleen Nanfito on Oct. 13, 1962, in Wynot.

Mr. and Mrs. Conety were still best friends after 51 years of marriage.

Mr. Conety farmed for many years and had livestock. He sat many nights in the hog shed reading comic books as he waited for the sows to farrow. Being the loving man that he was, he felt that the livestock should have an extra scoop of grain on every holiday.

He changed his career path in 1975 and received his Journeyman Ironworker Apprenticeship in 1978 with Local 21 in Omaha. He would share many stories of his days working as an ironworker and good friends he met along the way.

He enjoyed fishing with his wife, Kathy, and with every trip a quarter was on the line for the first, biggest and most fish!

He was a wonderful father, never wanting to miss watching his boys play football or wrestle even if it meant driving four hours after work from a jobsite to turn around and go back after the game. He also loved being a "dad" to his daughter, who he always referred to as "Pill."

He was blessed with five wonderful grandchildren. They were a big part of his life and he was so proud of them.

He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Conety, of Decatur; two sons and daughters-in-law, James Conety and Deborah Zeruk of Valley, and Jon and Angela Conety of Decatur; daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Sterling Brownell of Omaha; brother and sister-in-law, Wilbur and Pat Conety of Blair; and five grandchildren.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.

www.pelanfuneralservices.com

#3 Funeral Leaflet

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In Loving Memory of Brian D. Conety

72 years, 2 months, 19 days

Born October 13, 1941 Omaha, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Eternal Rest January 1, 2014 Rural Decatur, Nebraska

Memorial Service 10:00 AM Monday, January 6, 2014 Herman Legion Hall, Herman, Nebraska. Pastor Dale Donnelly, Officiating. Special Music: “Go Rest High On That Mountain”, “Daddy’s Hands”, “Seasons In the Sun”

Casket Bearers: Nicholas Conety, Dustin Conety, Jerry Dunning, Keith Stillman, Chase Conety, Derek Conety, Joe Van Seffren, Sterling Brownell

Honorary Casket Bearers: Harold Paulsen, Kenny Paulsen, Jim Clements, Dan Sears, Bill Shamburg, Ryan Sears

Interment: Herman Cemetery, Herman, Nebraska

Arrangements by Pelan Funeral Services Tekamah

~~~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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