Stier, Larry

Age 64

Blair, NE. Survived by his wife Diana; his son and daughter-in-law Christopher and Lindsay Stier and their two children Ainslee and Asher; his daughter and son-in-law Carissa and Aaron Devney; brothers, Ken (Jeannine) and Jim Stier; and sister-in-law Marsha Stier.

MASS 10am Saturday at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Blair. Burial in the Blair Cemetery. Following Interment a luncheon will be held at South Creek Conference Center, 715 Grant Street in Blair. VISITATION 5-7pm Friday with a vigil service at 7pm at the funeral home. CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME Blair, NE 402-426-2191 www.campbellaman.com

Posted on line: Wednesday, January 8, 2014; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, January 10, 2014

Larry Stier, 64, of Blair, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery. A luncheon will follow interment at the South Creek Conference Center, 715 Grant Street. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. with a vigil service at 7 p.m. at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair.

Larry Stier was born Dec. 28, 1949, in David City, to Marvin and Irene (Humlicek) Stier. The family moved back and forth between David City and Blair for his father's job with the gas company before permanently calling Blair home in 1962.

He graduated from Blair High School in 1968.

He married Diana Jones on August 16, 1969. They couple had two children: Christopher and Carissa. Christopher is married to Lindsay and Carissa is married to Aaron Devney. The couple has two grandchildren: Ainslee Stier and Asher Stier.

He joined the Blair Fire Department in 1970. He was one of the original group of EMT trainees. He also served as a member of the Rescue Squad for 10 years.

Mr. Stier worked for the Blair Telephone Company, Hayes Electric, and Dick’s Electric as an electrician, eventually obtaining his master contractor electrical license. He worked the last 15 years as an electrical technician for the Blair Community Schools.

He is survived by his wife, Diana; his son and daughter-in-law, Christopher and Lindsay Stier, and their two children, Ainslee and Asher; his daughter and son-in-law, Carissa and Aaron Devney; brothers Ken (Jeannine) and Jim Stier; and sister-in-law Marsha Stier.

He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents Walt and Verna Muehlich Stier and Cyril and Ida Pospichal Humlicek; and mother-in-law and father-in-law John and JoAnn Watkins.

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